CVE-2024-42459: Elliptic's EDDSA missing signature length check
(updated )
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing signature length check, and thus zero-valued bytes can be removed or appended.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7q4-pwc6-w24p
- github.com/indutny/elliptic
- github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/accb61e9c1a005e5c8ff96a8b33893100bb42d11
- github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/c0690b36be043ee73c1780ae4b7df48632b11cf9
- github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42459
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0005
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