CVE-2021-3798

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3798
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-23 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-10 19:34:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in openCryptoki. The openCryptoki Soft token does not check if an EC key is valid when an EC key is created via C_CreateObject, nor when C_DeriveKey is used with ECDH public data. This may allow a malicious user to extract the private key by performing an invalid curve attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opencryptoki Project Opencryptoki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SOFT: Check the EC Key on C_CreateObject and C_DeriveKey by ifranzki · Pull Request #402 · opencryptoki/opencryptoki · GitHub MISC github.com
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SOFT: Check the EC Key on C_CreateObject and C_DeriveKey · opencryptoki/opencryptoki@4e3b43c · GitHub MISC github.com
1990591 – (CVE-2021-3798) CVE-2021-3798 openCryptoki: Soft token does not check if an EC key is valid MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 903805 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for opencryptoki (10659)
  • 907285 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for opencryptoki (10659-1)
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