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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWhyam0tYzg3OS1wcDg2

libsecp256k1 contains side-channel timing attack

Versions of libsecp256k1 prior to 0.3.1 did not execute Scalar::check_overflow in constant time. This allows an attacker to potentially leak information via a timing attack. The flaw was corrected by modifying Scalar::check_overflow to execute in constant time.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrjm-c879-pp86
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 2 years ago
Updated: 8 months ago


CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-hrjm-c879-pp86, CVE-2019-25003
References: Repository: https://github.com/paritytech/libsecp256k1
Blast Radius: 28.2

Affected Packages

cargo:libsecp256k1
Dependent packages: 156
Dependent repositories: 5,709
Downloads: 9,908,446 total
Affected Version Ranges: < 0.3.1
Fixed in: 0.3.1
All affected versions: 0.1.0, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5, 0.1.6, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.1.9, 0.1.10, 0.1.11, 0.1.12, 0.1.13, 0.1.14, 0.1.15, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.3.0
All unaffected versions: 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 0.7.1