Bug 2248982 (CVE-2023-46894)

Summary: CVE-2023-46894 esptool: inadequate encryption strength
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Robb Gatica <rgatica>
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In certain circumstances, esptool was found to use a weak cryptographic algorithm. An attacker can exploit weak or outdated encryption algorithms to expose confidential information.
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Description Robb Gatica 2023-11-10 00:50:25 UTC
An issue discovered in esptool 4.6.2 allows attackers to view sensitive information via weak cryptographic algorithm.

https://github.com/espressif/esptool/issues/926

Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2023-11-10 00:50:38 UTC
Created esptool tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2248983]