Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201912-3

Severity: High
Date : 2019-12-06
CVE-ID : CVE-2019-14318
Package : crypto++
Type : private key recovery
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1046

Summary

The package crypto++ before version 8.2.0-2 is vulnerable to private
key recovery.

Resolution

Upgrade to 8.2.0-2.

pacman -Syu “crypto++>=8.2.0-2”

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround

None.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in the ECDSA/EdDSA implementation of
crypto++ up to 8.2.0, allowing for practical recovery of the long-term
private key.

Impact

An attacker might be able to recover long-term private key by measuring
the duration of hundreds to thousands of signing operations of known
messages.

References

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/3
https://minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz/
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/869
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/pull/870/commits/80c59bcdb251043f27eef95a4f31224c4615c3ec
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/c9ef9420e762
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-14318