GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-w5vr-6qhr-36cc `ed25519-dalek` Double Public Key Signing Function Oracle Attack
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-50237
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- ed25519-dalek
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-497
- Reviewed
- 2023-08-14
Affected packages
• crates.io ed25519-dalek: < 2.0.0 → fixed in 2.0.0
Description
Versions of `ed25519-dalek` prior to v2.0 model private and public keys as separate types which can be assembled into a `Keypair`, and also provide APIs for serializing and deserializing 64-byte private/public keypairs.
Such APIs and serializations are inherently unsafe as the public key is one of the inputs used in the deterministic computation of the `S` part of the signature, but not in the `R` value. An adversary could somehow use the signing function as an oracle that allows arbitrary public keys as input can obtain two signatures for the same message sharing the same `R` and only differ on the `S` part.
Unfortunately, when this happens, one can easily extract the private key.
Revised public APIs in v2.0 of `ed25519-dalek` do NOT allow a decoupled private/public keypair as signing input, except as part of specially labeled "hazmat" APIs which are clearly labeled as being dangerous if misused.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-50237 The ed25519-dalek crate before 2 for Rust allows a double public key signing function oracle attack. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere weakness