| Name | CVE-2024-42461 |
| Description | In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1077821 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| node-elliptic (PTS) | bullseye | 6.5.4~dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, sid, trixie | 6.5.4~dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| node-elliptic | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1077821 |
Notes
[bookworm] - node-elliptic <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - node-elliptic <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/pull/317