CVE-2020-12061

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12061
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-21 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-05 16:08:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Nitrokey FIDO U2F firmware through 1.1. Communication between the microcontroller and the secure element transmits credentials in plain. This allows an adversary to eavesdrop the communication and derive the secrets stored in the microcontroller. As a result, the attacker is able to arbitrarily manipulate the firmware of the microcontroller.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-522

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Nitrokey Fido U2f - All All All
Operating System Nitrokey Fido U2f Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Releases · Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware · GitHub MISC github.com
CWE - CWE-523: Unprotected Transport of Credentials (4.3) MISC cwe.mitre.org
eprint.iacr.org/2021/640.pdf MISC eprint.iacr.org
Commits · Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware · GitHub MISC github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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