CVE-2020-28498

NameCVE-2020-28498
DescriptionThe package elliptic before 6.5.4 are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues via the secp256k1 implementation in elliptic/ec/key.js. There is no check to confirm that the public key point passed into the derive function actually exists on the secp256k1 curve. This results in the potential for the private key used in this implementation to be revealed after a number of ECDH operations are performed.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-elliptic (PTS)bullseye6.5.4~dfsg-1fixed
bookworm6.5.4~dfsg-2fixed
sid, trixie6.5.7+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-ellipticsource(unstable)6.5.4~dfsg-1

Notes

[buster] - node-elliptic <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f
https://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md

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