Bug 2259492 (CVE-2024-23771) - CVE-2024-23771 darkhttpd: uses strcmp to verify authentication to bypass authentication via a timing side channel
Summary: CVE-2024-23771 darkhttpd: uses strcmp to verify authentication to bypass auth...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-23771
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2259493 2259494
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-01-22 05:58 UTC by Rohit Keshri
Modified: 2024-01-22 05:58 UTC (History)
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Description Rohit Keshri 2024-01-22 05:58:30 UTC 
darkhttpd before 1.15 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via a timing side channel.

https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/f477619d49f3c4de9ad59bd194265a48ddc03f04
https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15
Comment 1 Rohit Keshri 2024-01-22 05:58:52 UTC 
Created darkhttpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2259493]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2259494]
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