Bug 2302460 (CVE-2024-42461)

Summary: CVE-2024-42461 elliptic: nodejs/elliptic: ECDSA implementation malleability due to BER-enconded signatures being allowed
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A flaw was found in the Elliptic package for Node.js. ECDSA signatures encoded in BER format are improperly validated, allowing leading zeros to be added to the signature without invalidating it, resulting in confidentiality issues.
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Bug Depends On: 2303237, 2303221, 2303222, 2303223, 2303224, 2303225    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-08-02 07:20:41 UTC
In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, ECDSA signature malleability occurs because BER-encoded signatures are allowed.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-17 19:47:48 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 8
  multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.5 for RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2024:6738 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6738

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-18 19:22:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.10 for RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2024:6779 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6779

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-07 15:27:57 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 for RHEL 9
  multicluster engine for Kubernetes 2.6 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2024:7759 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7759

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-11 01:44:43 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 for RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2024:7994 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7994