CVE-2020-26263

Summary

CVECVE-2020-26263
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-21 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-23 16:09:00 UTC
Descriptiontlslite-ng is an open source python library that implements SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols. In tlslite-ng before versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.0-alpha39, the code that performs decryption and padding check in RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 decryption is data dependant. In particular, the code has multiple ways in which it leaks information about the decrypted ciphertext. It aborts as soon as the plaintext doesn't start with 0x00, 0x02. All TLS servers that enable RSA key exchange as well as applications that use the RSA decryption API directly are vulnerable. This is patched in versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.0-alpha39. Note: the patches depend on Python processing the individual bytes in side-channel free manner, this is known to not the case (see reference). As such, users that require side-channel resistance are recommended to use different TLS implementations, as stated in the security policy of tlslite-ng.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-326

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng All All All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha1 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha10 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha11 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha12 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha13 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha14 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha15 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha16 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha17 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha18 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha19 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha2 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha20 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha21 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha22 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha23 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha24 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha25 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha26 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha27 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha28 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha29 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha3 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha30 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha31 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha32 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha33 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha34 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha35 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha36 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha37 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha38 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha4 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha5 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha6 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha7 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha8 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha9 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng All All All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha1 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha10 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha11 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha12 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha13 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha14 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha15 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha16 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha17 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha18 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha19 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha2 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha20 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha21 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha22 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha23 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha24 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha25 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha26 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha27 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha28 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha29 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha3 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha30 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha31 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha32 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha33 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha34 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha35 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha36 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha37 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha38 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha4 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha5 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha6 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha7 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha8 All All
Application Tlslite-ng Project Tlslite-ng 0.8.0 alpha9 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
tlslite-ng · PyPI MISC pypi.org Product, Third Party Advisory
Bleichenbacher fixes [0.7] by tomato42 · Pull Request #439 · tlsfuzzer/tlslite-ng · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Attempt side-channel free RSA decryption by tomato42 · Pull Request #438 · tlsfuzzer/tlslite-ng · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
securitypitfalls.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/constant-time-compare-in-python MISC securitypitfalls.wordpress.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Merge pull request #439 from tlsfuzzer/bleichenbacher-fixes-0.7 · tlsfuzzer/tlslite-ng@c28d6d3 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bleichenbacher timing side-channel oracle in PKCS#1 v1.5 decryption · Advisory · tlsfuzzer/tlslite-ng · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983233 Python (pip) Security Update for tlslite-ng (GHSA-wvcv-832q-fjg7)

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