Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2024-31497 |
CWE-ID | CWE-310 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. |
Vulnerable software |
Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system libfilezilla Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component filezilla Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Fedoraproject |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU88542
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31497
CWE-ID:
CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to recover NIST P-521 private keys.
The vulnerability exists due to the PuTTY client and all related components generate heavily biased ECDSA nonces in the case of NIST P-521. A remote attacker can recover the NIST P-521 private key using roughly 60 valid ECDSA signatures generated by any PuTTY component under the same key.
Note, if the key has been used to sign arbitrary data (e.g., git commits by forwarding Pageant to a development host), the publicly available signatures (e.g., on GitHub) can be used as well.
Install updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsFedora: 40
libfilezilla: before 0.47.0-1.fc40
filezilla: before 3.67.0-1.fc40
CPE2.3https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-ff9a2fb31c
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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.