UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42460

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42460
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42460.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42460
Upstream
Published
2024-08-02T07:16:00Z
Modified
2025-10-10T15:20:59Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing check for whether the leading bit of r and s is zero.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.5.4~dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*

6.5.4~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.5.4~dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.5.4~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*

6.5.4~dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.5.4~dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.6.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*

6.5.4~dfsg-2
6.5.7+dfsg-1
6.6.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.6.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.6.1+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*

6.6.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.6.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.4.0+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*

6.4.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.4.0+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic@6.5.1~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*

6.5.1~dfsg-1
6.5.1~dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.5.1~dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic"
        }
    ]
}