CVE-2021-40529
Botan ElGamal Cross-Configuration Attack
Description
The ElGamal implementation in Botan through 2.18.1, as used in Thunderbird and other products, allows plaintext recovery because, during interaction between two cryptographic libraries, a certain dangerous combination of the prime defined by the receiver's public key, the generator defined by the receiver's public key, and the sender's ephemeral exponents can lead to a cross-configuration attack against OpenPGP.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 6, 2021, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:38 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.2
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-40529
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-40529.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/923 | Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/randombit/botan/pull/2790 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/07/20/insecurity-elgamal-pt1 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/09/06/insecurity-elgamal-pt2 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/72NB4OLD3VHJC3YF3PEP2HKF6BYURPAO/ | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPHGYWNJQKWLTUWBNSFB4F66MQDIL3IB/ | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 | Third Party Advisory |
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-40529 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-40529 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPHGYWNJQKWLTUWBNSFB4F66MQDIL3IB/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/72NB4OLD3VHJC3YF3PEP2HKF6BYURPAO/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UPHGYWNJQKWLTUWBNSFB4F66MQDIL3IB/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/72NB4OLD3VHJC3YF3PEP2HKF6BYURPAO/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 09, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 91.12.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/72NB4OLD3VHJC3YF3PEP2HKF6BYURPAO/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/72NB4OLD3VHJC3YF3PEP2HKF6BYURPAO/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UPHGYWNJQKWLTUWBNSFB4F66MQDIL3IB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UPHGYWNJQKWLTUWBNSFB4F66MQDIL3IB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 16, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/72NB4OLD3VHJC3YF3PEP2HKF6BYURPAO/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 12, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UPHGYWNJQKWLTUWBNSFB4F66MQDIL3IB/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 13, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/923 No Types Assigned https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/923 Technical Description, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/randombit/botan/pull/2790 No Types Assigned https://github.com/randombit/botan/pull/2790 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/07/20/insecurity-elgamal-pt1 No Types Assigned https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/07/20/insecurity-elgamal-pt1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/09/06/insecurity-elgamal-pt2 No Types Assigned https://ibm.github.io/system-security-research-updates/2021/09/06/insecurity-elgamal-pt2 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-327 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.18.1
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-40529 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-40529
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.28 }} 0.01%
score
0.68546
percentile