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CVE-2022-23507: Tendermint light client verification not taking into account chain ID

December 14, 2022

Anyone using the tendermint-light-client and related packages to perform light client verification (e.g. IBC-rs, Hermes).

At present, the light client does not check that the chain IDs of the trusted and untrusted headers match, resulting in a possible attack vector where someone who finds a header from an untrusted chain that satisfies all other verification conditions (e.g. enough overlapping validator signatures) could fool a light client.

The attack vector is currently theoretical, and no proof-of-concept exists yet to exploit it on live networks.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqqc-c5gw-c5r5
  • github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs
  • github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/commit/5c32f31b97ac3172775699fe0d4ba6003ca4fb18
  • github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-xqqc-c5gw-c5r5
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23507

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.28.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.28.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.28.0 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Source file

cargo/tendermint-light-client/CVE-2022-23507.yml

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