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GHSA-37xq-q42p-rv3p

LowCVSS 2.6 / 10
Published Aug 24, 2023·Last modified Jun 26, 2024
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

During startup, an attacker that can man-in-the-middle traffic to and from NTS key exchange servers can trigger a very expensive key validation process due to a vulnerability in webpki.

Impact

This vulnerability can lead to excessive cpu usage on startup on clients configured to use NTS

Patches

Affected users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.3.7

References

See also https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/main/crates/rustls-webpki/RUSTSEC-2023-0053.md

Risk Scores
Base Score
2.6

The vulnerability can be exploited over a local network, such as Wi-Fi. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
2.4

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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