CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-14859

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Published: Jan 02, 2020 | Modified: Aug 04, 2021
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A flaw was found in all python-ecdsa versions before 0.13.3, where it did not correctly verify whether signatures used DER encoding. Without this verification, a malformed signature could be accepted, making the signature malleable. Without proper verification, an attacker could use a malleable signature to create false transactions.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Python-ecdsa Python-ecdsa_project * 0.13.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Satellite 6.10 for RHEL 7 RedHat python-ecdsa-0:0.13.3-2.el7pc *
Red Hat Satellite 6.10 for RHEL 7 RedHat python-ecdsa-0:0.13.3-2.el7pc *
Python-ecdsa Ubuntu bionic *
Python-ecdsa Ubuntu disco *
Python-ecdsa Ubuntu eoan *
Python-ecdsa Ubuntu trusty *
Python-ecdsa Ubuntu upstream *
Python-ecdsa Ubuntu xenial *

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