Bug 1217006 (CVE-2023-46894)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-46894: python-esptool: inadequate encryption strength
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution	Reporter:	SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component:	Security	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	dmueller, stoyan.manolov
Version:	Leap 15.6
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/384494/
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Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description SMASH SMASH 2023-11-10 03:49:09 UTC

An issue discovered in esptool 4.6.2 allows attackers to view sensitive
information via weak cryptographic algorithm.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-46894

Comment 2 Dirk Mueller 2023-11-10 07:40:14 UTC

@Stoyan, please see https://github.com/espressif/esptool/issues/926 - this is a hardening issue and not fixable in software as the bootloader is in ROM.