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Paper/Archive/CVE-2024-23771

CVE-2024-23771

mitre — darkhttpd before 1.15 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to by…

EPSS 1%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
42
CVSS 9.8 (ADP, NVD agree)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 64.4.644 × 2012.9No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15refgithub.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/f477619d49f3c4de9ad59bd194265a48ddc03f04refopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/25/1