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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2021-43568 EUVD-2022-5873GHSA-xx36-6rv4-gj8r

ecdsa-elixir fails to check signatures, vulnerable to message forging

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The verify function in the Stark Bank Elixir ECDSA library (ecdsa-elixir) 1.0.0 fails to check that the signature is non-zero, which allows attackers to forge signatures on arbitrary messages.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hex ecdsa-elixir >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.1 1.0.1 GHSA-xx36-6rv4-gj8r

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