GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-92vm-mxjf-jqf3 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in starkbank-ecdsa
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2021-43572
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- starkbank-ecdsa
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347
- Reviewed
- 2021-11-10
Affected packages
• PyPI starkbank-ecdsa: < 2.0.1 → fixed in 2.0.1
Description
The `verify` function in the Stark Bank Python ECDSA library (starkbank-ecdsa) 2.0.0 fails to check that the signature is non-zero, which allows attackers to forge signatures on arbitrary messages.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2021-43572 The verify function in the Stark Bank Python ECDSA library (aka starkbank-escada or ecdsa-python) before 2.0.1 fails to check that the… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43572 advisory
- https://github.com/starkbank/ecdsa-python/commit/d136170666e9510eb63c2572551805807bd4c17f web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starkbank-ecdsa/PYSEC-2021-426.yaml web
- https://github.com/starkbank/ecdsa-python package
- https://github.com/starkbank/ecdsa-python/releases/tag/v2.0.1 web
- https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/11/08/technical-advisory-arbitrary-signature-forgery-in-stark-bank-ecdsa-libraries web