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CVE-2020-12607: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in fastecdsa

October 12, 2021 (updated February 12, 2025)

An issue was discovered in fastecdsa before 2.1.2. When using the NIST P-256 curve in the ECDSA implementation, the point at infinity is mishandled. This means that for an extreme value in k and s-1, the signature verification fails even if the signature is correct. This behavior is not solely a usability problem. There are some threat models where an attacker can benefit by successfully guessing users for whom signature verification will fail.

References

  • github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa
  • github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/commit/4a16daeaf139be20654ef58a9fe4c79dc030458c
  • github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/commit/7b64e3efaa806b4daaf73bb5172af3581812f8de
  • github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/commit/e592f106edd5acf6dacedfab2ad16fe6c735c9d1
  • github.com/AntonKueltz/fastecdsa/issues/52
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-56wv-2wr9-3h9r
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/fastecdsa/PYSEC-2020-42.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12607

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.1.2

Fixed versions

  • 2.1.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.2 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Source file

pypi/fastecdsa/CVE-2020-12607.yml

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