Cryptlib: rsa key exchange ciphersuites in tls vulnerable to marvin attack
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-208.
Summary
A security vulnerability has been identified in the cryptlib cryptographic library when cryptlib is compiled with the support for RSA key exchange ciphersuites in TLS (by setting the USE_RSA_SUITES define), it will be vulnerable to the timing variant of the Bleichenbacher attack. An attacker that is able to perform a large number of connections to the server will be able to decrypt RSA ciphertexts or forge signatures using server's certificate. THIS CVE ID IS CURRENTLY DISPUTED - MAINTAINER NOTE: There are only two situations where it's enabled, one is for fuzz-testing to exercise code paths that wouldn't otherwise be available, the other is for static source code analysis with tools like Coverity and Prefast, again to open up code paths that otherwise wouldn't be available. It can also be enabled manually in two specific test builds just to make sure the code still compiles OK, to avoid bit rot and verify that the fuzz-testing build will compile without errors.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | cryptlib | 3.4.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- cryptlib Vendor— Affected 3.4.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0202
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2wff-jj2f-98c4
References
Advisory 1
More Cryptlib vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-08925 cryptlib through 3.4.4 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA and ECDSA… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-0202 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-0202 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2wff-jj2f-98c4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-0202 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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