Vulnerability CVE-2017-16007


Published: 2018-06-04

Description:
node-jose is a JavaScript implementation of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) for current web browsers and node.js-based servers. node-jose earlier than version 0.9.3 is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Cisco -> Node-jose 

 References:
http://blog.intothesymmetry.com/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-in-json-web.html
https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae
https://github.com/cisco/node-jose
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/324

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