GHSA-5VMP-M5V2-HX47 tough root metadata version is not checked for sequential versioning

Summary When updating the root role, a TUF client must establish a trusted line of continuity to the latest set of keys. While sequentially downloading new versions of the root metadata file, tough will not check that the root object version it received was the next sequential version from the...

CVE-2020-15163

Python TUF The Update Framework reference implementation before version 0.12 it will incorrectly trust a previously downloaded root metadata file which failed verification at download time. This allows an attacker who is able to serve multiple new versions of root metadata i.e. by a...