UnratedGoPublished
crystals-go vulnerable to KyberSlash (timing side-channel attack for Kyber)
GHSA-f6jh-hvg2-9525
- Affected
- Go github.com/kudelskisecurity/crystals-go < 0.0.0-20240116172146-2a6ca2d4e64d
- Fixed in
- 0.0.0-20240116172146-2a6ca2d4e64d· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact On some platforms, when an attacker can time decapsulation of Kyber on forged cipher texts, they could possibly learn (parts of) the secret key. Patches Patched in https://github.com/kudelskisecurity/crystals-go/pull/21 Note This library was written as part of a MsC student project in the Cybersecurity Team at Kudelski Security. It is not actively maintained anymore. It is only intended for research and testing. We discourage its use in any production environment. Kudelski Security does not use this library as part of their commercial offers or product. This has now been clarified on the project's README. References https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/g/pqc-forum/c/ldX0ThYJuBo http://kyberslash.cr.yp.to/
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.0.0-20240116172146-2a6ca2d4e64d (pre-release) or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.