GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-4q4x-67hx-5mpg Failure to properly verify ed25519 signatures in libp2p-core

HIGH Published 2021-08-25 Modified 2023-06-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2019-15545
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
libp2p-core
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-347
Reviewed
2021-08-19

Affected packages

• crates.io libp2p-core: < 0.8.1 → fixed in 0.8.1

Description

Affected versions of this crate did not properly verify ed25519 signatures. Any signature with a correct length was considered valid. This allows an attacker to impersonate any node identity.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2019-15545 An issue was discovered in the libp2p-core crate before 0.8.1 for Rust. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness

References