Bugzilla – Bug 1219084
VUL-0: CVE-2024-23342: python-ecdsa: vulnerable to the Minerva attack
Last modified: 2024-05-10 14:48:22 UTC
The `ecdsa` PyPI package is a pure Python implementation of ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) with support for ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), EdDSA (Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm) and ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman). Versions 0.18.0 and prior are vulnerable to the Minerva attack. As of time of publication, no known patched version exists. References: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-23342 https://securitypitfalls.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/constant-time-compare-in-python/ https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23342 https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/blob/master/SECURITY.md https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/security/advisories/GHSA-wj6h-64fc-37mp https://minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259780
Currently wontfix from upstream. Let's wait a bit if they change their mind
As per the advisory in [0], it seems like upstream won't be fixing this issue. [0] https://github.com/tlsfuzzer/python-ecdsa/security/advisories/GHSA-wj6h-64fc-37mp