CVE-2020-1759
Description
A nonce reuse vulnerability was discovered in the secure mode of the messenger v2 protocol, which can allow an attacker to forge auth tags and potentially manipulate the data by leveraging the reuse of a nonce in a session. Messages encrypted using a reused nonce value are susceptible to serious confidentiality and integrity attacks.
Statement
Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 and Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4.2 are affected by this vulnerability as reuse of a nonce is possible with the shipped versions of ceph.
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3 are not affected by this vulnerability as they do not provide support for secure mode of messenger v2 protocol.
This issue did not affect the versions of ceph as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as they did not include support for secure mode of messenger v2 protocol.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.4 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | High | High | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | Required | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | High | High | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
Potentially a replay attack, in which an attacker could send the same data twice, could be crafted if nonces are allowed to be reused. This could allow a user to send a message which masquerades as a valid message from a valid user.
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Ilya Dryomov (Red Hat).
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