CVE-2018-1000159
Publication date 18 April 2018
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
tlslite-ng version 0.7.3 and earlier, since commit d7b288316bca7bcdd082e6ccff5491e241305233 contains a CWE-354: Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value vulnerability in TLS implementation, tlslite/utils/constanttime.py: ct_check_cbc_mac_and_pad(); line “end_pos = data_len - 1 - mac.digest_size” that can result in an attacker manipulating the TLS ciphertext which will not be detected by receiving tlslite-ng. This attack appears to be exploitable via man in the middle on a network connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed after commit 3674815d1b0f7484454995e2737a352e0a6a93d8.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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tlslite-ng | 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score |
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Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://github.com/tomato42/tlslite-ng/pull/234
- https://github.com/tomato42/tlslite-ng/pull/234/commits/3674815d1b0f7484454995e2737a352e0a6a93d8 (v0.8.0-alpha3)
- https://github.com/tomato42/tlslite-ng/pull/235
- https://github.com/tomato42/tlslite-ng/pull/235/commits/e5e9145558f4c1a81071c61c947aa55a52542585 (backport for tslite-ng-0.7)
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000159