libp2p/rust-libp2p · Security

Failure to properly verify ed25519 signatures in libp2p-core

GHSA ID
GHSA-4q4x-67hx-5mpg
CVE ID
CVE-2019-15545
Severity
high
Published
Updated
CVSS
7.5 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3
7.5 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

Affected versions of this crate did not properly verify ed25519 signatures. Any signature with a correct length was considered valid. This allows an attacker to impersonate any node identity.

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