DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46233
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46233
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46233.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46233
- Upstream
- Published
- 2023-10-25T21:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-25T23:28:51.206121Z
- Severity
-
- 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
crypto-js is a JavaScript library of crypto standards. Prior to version 4.2.0, crypto-js PBKDF2 is 1,000 times weaker than originally specified in 1993, and at least 1,300,000 times weaker than current industry standard. This is because it both defaults to SHA1, a cryptographic hash algorithm considered insecure since at least 2005, and defaults to one single iteration, a 'strength' or 'difficulty' value specified at 1,000 when specified in 1993. PBKDF2 relies on iteration count as a countermeasure to preimage and collision attacks. If used to protect passwords, the impact is high. If used to generate signatures, the impact is high. Version 4.2.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, configure crypto-js to use SHA256 with at least 250,000 iterations.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:11 / cryptojs
Package
- Name
- cryptojs
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/cryptojs?arch=source
Debian:12 / cryptojs
Package
- Name
- cryptojs
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/cryptojs?arch=source