CVE-2024-42460: Elliptic's ECDSA missing check for whether leading bit of r and s is zero
(updated )
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing check for whether the leading bit of r and s is zero.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-977x-g7h5-7qgw
- github.com/indutny/elliptic
- github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/accb61e9c1a005e5c8ff96a8b33893100bb42d11
- github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/b6ff1758d9a6d1a7aec177ff6df9f586492a6315
- github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42460
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0005
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