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MEDIUM
CVE-2024-1544
Vulnerability Title: Apache Weil Pairing ECDSA Nonce Bias in ECSECP160R1
Description

Generating the ECDSA nonce k samples a random number r and then truncates this randomness with a modular reduction mod n where n is the order of the elliptic curve. Meaning k = r mod n. The division used during the reduction estimates a factor q_e by dividing the upper two digits (a digit having e.g. a size of 8 byte) of r by the upper digit of n and then decrements q_e in a loop until it has the correct size. Observing the number of times q_e is decremented through a control-flow revealing side-channel reveals a bias in the most significant bits of k. Depending on the curve this is either a negligible bias or a significant bias large enough to reconstruct k with lattice reduction methods. For SECP160R1, e.g., we find a bias of 15 bits.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 27, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 28, 2024, 12:57 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.5
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-1544 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-1544 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 Wolfssl wolfssl
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-2024-1544.

URL Resource
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v5.7.2-stable

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

CMake Dockerfile Shell C++ C Makefile Euphoria Batchfile BitBake Perl

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 18, 2024, 12:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

This repository is a restructured copy of https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/ for the Arduino environment. Any Pull Requests for code changes should be opened there.

arduino-library cryptography security ssl tls tls12 tls13

C C++

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
11 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2024, 7:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

The wolfSSL library is a small, fast, portable implementation of TLS/SSL for embedded devices to the cloud. wolfSSL supports up to TLS 1.3 and DTLS 1.3!

ssl tls cryptography security openssl tls13 dtls https fips cryptography-api embedded-systems encryption iot trusted-execution-environment openssl-alternative c-library wolfssl cipher-suites openssl-api sniffer

C Shell Makefile Tcl Assembly C++ XS Perl C# M4

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
2281 stars 787 fork 787 watcher
Born at : Jan. 7, 2015, 6:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-1544 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-1544 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.

  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Generating the ECDSA nonce k samples a random number r and then truncates this randomness with a modular reduction mod n where n is the order of the elliptic curve. Meaning k = r mod n. The division used during the reduction estimates a factor q_e by dividing the upper two digits (a digit having e.g. a size of 8 byte) of r by the upper digit of n and then decrements q_e in a loop until it has the correct size. Observing the number of times q_e is decremented through a control-flow revealing side-channel reveals a bias in the most significant bits of k. Depending on the curve this is either a negligible bias or a significant bias large enough to reconstruct k with lattice reduction methods. For SECP160R1, e.g., we find a bias of 15 bits.
    Added Reference wolfSSL Inc. https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v5.7.2-stable [No types assigned]
    Added CWE wolfSSL Inc. CWE-203
    Added CVSS V3.1 wolfSSL Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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