#VU41117 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in wolfSSL


Published: 2019-12-25 | Updated: 2020-08-09

Vulnerability identifier: #VU41117

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19962

CWE-ID: CWE-327

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
wolfSSL
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: wolfSSL

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

wolfSSL before 4.3.0 mishandles calls to wc_SignatureGenerateHash, leading to fault injection in RSA cryptography.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wolfSSL: 4.0 - 4.1.0


External links
http://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/23878512c65834d12811b1107d19a001478eca5d
http://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v4.3.0-stable


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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