Critical severity · published Feb 11, 2024
CVE-2024-25714
In Rhonabwy through 1.1.13, HMAC signature verification uses a strcmp function that is vulnerable to side-channel attacks, because it stops the comparison when the first…
9.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Rhonabwy through 1.1.13, HMAC signature verification uses a strcmp function that is vulnerable to side-channel attacks, because it stops the comparison when the first difference is spotted in the two signatures. (The fix uses gnutls_memcmp, which has constant-time execution.)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
RH
Rhonabwy · Rhonabwy Project
through 1.1.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25714
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25714
Patch
https://github.com/babelouest/rhonabwy/commit/f9fd9a1c77e48b514ebb3baf0360f87eef3d846e
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