CVE-2020-12607: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in fastecdsa
(updated )
An issue was discovered in fastecdsa before 2.1.2. When using the NIST P-256 curve in the ECDSA implementation, the point at infinity is mishandled. This means that for an extreme value in k and s-1, the signature verification fails even if the signature is correct. This behavior is not solely a usability problem. There are some threat models where an attacker can benefit by successfully guessing users for whom signature verification will fail.
References
- github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa
- github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/commit/4a16daeaf139be20654ef58a9fe4c79dc030458c
- github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/commit/7b64e3efaa806b4daaf73bb5172af3581812f8de
- github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/commit/e592f106edd5acf6dacedfab2ad16fe6c735c9d1
- github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/issues/52
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-56wv-2wr9-3h9r
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/fastecdsa/PYSEC-2020-42.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12607
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