UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26263

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26263
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26263.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26263
Related
Published
2020-12-21T17:15:00Z
Modified
2024-10-15T14:07:41Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

tlslite-ng is an open source python library that implements SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols. In tlslite-ng before versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.0-alpha39, the code that performs decryption and padding check in RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 decryption is data dependant. In particular, the code has multiple ways in which it leaks information about the decrypted ciphertext. It aborts as soon as the plaintext doesn't start with 0x00, 0x02. All TLS servers that enable RSA key exchange as well as applications that use the RSA decryption API directly are vulnerable. This is patched in versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.0-alpha39. Note: the patches depend on Python processing the individual bytes in side-channel free manner, this is known to not the case (see reference). As such, users that require side-channel resistance are recommended to use different TLS implementations, as stated in the security policy of tlslite-ng.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tlslite-ng

Package

Name
tlslite-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tlslite-ng?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / tlslite-ng

Package

Name
tlslite-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tlslite-ng?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.0-2
0.7.0-3
0.7.4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}