CVE-2024-42460

Publication date 2 August 2024

Last updated 6 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing check for whether the leading bit of r and s is zero.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
node-elliptic	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42460
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317