Fedora 41 update for golang-github-cloudflare-circl



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-1732
CWE-ID CWE-755
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

golang-github-cloudflare-circl
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Improper handling of exceptional conditions

EUVDB-ID: #VU80884

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1732

CWE-ID: CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to when sampling randomness for a shared secret, the implementation of Kyber and FrodoKEM, did not check whether crypto/rand.Read() returns an error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input and modify data on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 41

golang-github-cloudflare-circl: before 1.3.7-1.fc41

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-97fd10b49f


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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