Bug 1412376 (CVE-2017-2585)

Summary: CVE-2017-2585 keycloak: timing attack in JWS signature verification
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Chess Hazlett <chazlett>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: avibelli, chazlett, drusso, gsterlin, jbalunas, jmrazek, jshepherd, rrajasek, security-response-team, tkirby
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Fixed In Version: keycloak 2.5.1 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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It was found that keycloak's implementation of HMAC verification for JWS tokens uses a method that runs in non-constant time, potentially leaving the application vulnerable to timing attacks.
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Bug Blocks: 1412373, 1438536    

Description Chess Hazlett 2017-01-11 21:40:33 UTC
Keycloak implented HMAC verification using a comparison method that does not operate in constant time. This potentially leaves the application open to timing attacks.

Comment 2 Chess Hazlett 2017-01-11 21:51:33 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: Richard Kettelerij (Mindloops)

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2017-04-04 17:16:27 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:



Via RHSA-2017:0876 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0876

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-04-04 17:27:38 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2017:0873 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0873

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2017-04-04 17:28:01 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.1 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2017:0872 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0872