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CVE-2018-16515

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Published: Sep 18, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16515
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/347.html

Matrix Synapse before 0.33.3.1 allows remote attackers to spoof events and possibly have unspecified other impacts by leveraging improper transaction and event signature validation.

Weakness

The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Synapse Matrix * 0.33.3.1 (excluding)
Matrix-synapse Ubuntu bionic *
Matrix-synapse Ubuntu cosmic *
Matrix-synapse Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Matrix-synapse Ubuntu upstream *

References

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