7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-25656
"notation-go Excessive Memory Consumption Signature Verification DoS"
Description

notation-go is a collection of libraries for supporting Notation sign, verify, push, and pull of oci artifacts. Prior to version 1.0.0-rc.3, notation-go users will find their application using excessive memory when verifying signatures. The application will be killed, and thus availability is impacted. The problem has been patched in the release v1.0.0-rc.3. Some workarounds are available. Users can review their own trust policy file and check if the identity string contains `=#`. Meanwhile, users should only put trusted certificates in their trust stores referenced by their own trust policy files, and make sure the `authenticity` validation is set to `enforce`.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 20, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 29, 2024, 9:18 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-25656 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Notaryproject notation-go
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.3 Release Notes
https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/security/advisories/GHSA-87x9-7grx-m28v Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-25656 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.3 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/security/advisories/GHSA-87x9-7grx-m28v No Types Assigned https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/security/advisories/GHSA-87x9-7grx-m28v Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:notation-go_project:notation-go:0.7.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:notation-go_project:notation-go:0.8.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:notation-go_project:notation-go:0.9.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description notation-go is a collection of libraries for supporting Notation sign, verify, push, pull of oci artifacts. Prior to version 1.0.0-rc.3, notation-go users will find their application using excessive memory when verifying signatures and the application will be finally killed, and thus availability is impacted. The problem has been patched in the release v1.0.0-rc.3. Some workarounds are available. Users can review their own trust policy file and check if the identity string contains `=#`. Meanwhile, users should only put trusted certificates in their trust stores referenced by their own trust policy files, and make sure the `authenticity` validation is set to `enforce`. notation-go is a collection of libraries for supporting Notation sign, verify, push, and pull of oci artifacts. Prior to version 1.0.0-rc.3, notation-go users will find their application using excessive memory when verifying signatures. The application will be killed, and thus availability is impacted. The problem has been patched in the release v1.0.0-rc.3. Some workarounds are available. Users can review their own trust policy file and check if the identity string contains `=#`. Meanwhile, users should only put trusted certificates in their trust stores referenced by their own trust policy files, and make sure the `authenticity` validation is set to `enforce`.
    Removed CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Removed CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-400
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-770
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.00%

score

0.42195

percentile

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