In Rhonabwy through 1.1.13, HMAC signature verification...
Critical severity
Unreviewed
Published
Feb 11, 2024
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Oct 18, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Feb 11, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Feb 11, 2024
Last updated
Oct 18, 2024
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.)
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