CVE-2024-42461: Elliptic allows BER-encoded signatures

August 2, 2024 (updated August 5, 2024)

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-49q7-c7j4-3p7m
github.com/indutny/elliptic
github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42461

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