#VU95541 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in go - CVE-2023-49292
Published: August 8, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95541
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49292
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
go
go
Software vendor:
ecies
ecies
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote attacker can call functions Encapsulate(), Decapsulate() and ECDH() to recover any private key that interacts with it.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/ecies/go/security/advisories/GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h
- https://github.com/ecies/go/commit/c6e775163866d6ea5233eb8ec8530a9122101ebd
- https://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md
- https://github.com/ecies/go/releases/tag/v2.0.8