CVE-2018-1000159

Medium

Description

tlslite-ng version 0.7.3 and earlier, since commit d7b288316bca7bcdd082e6ccff5491e241305233 contains a CWE-354: Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value vulnerability in TLS implementation, tlslite/utils/constanttime.py: ct_check_cbc_mac_and_pad(); line "end_pos = data_len - 1 - mac.digest_size" that can result in an attacker manipulating the TLS ciphertext which will not be detected by receiving tlslite-ng. This attack appears to be exploitable via man in the middle on a network connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed after commit 3674815d1b0f7484454995e2737a352e0a6a93d8.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductTlslite-ng
PublishedApr 18, 2018
First seenApr 18, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • tlslite-ng0.7.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tlslite-ng_project tlslite-ngv ≤ 0.7.3—
tlslite-ngPyPIv < 0.7.40.7.4

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CVE-2018-1000159 · Tlslite-ng · Dark Radar