Cleartext Signed Message Signature Spoofing in openpgp

Description

OpenPGP Cleartext Signed Messages are cryptographically signed messages where the signed text is readable without special tools:

These messages typically contain a “Hash: …” header declaring the hash algorithm used to compute the signature digest. OpenPGP.js up to v5.9.0 ignored any data preceding the “Hash: …

Recommendation

Update the openpgp package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): **>= 5.0.0, < 5.10.1

  < 4.10.11**

• Patched version(s): **5.10.1

  4.10.11**

References

• GHSA-ch3c-v47x-4pgp
• CVE-2023-41037
• CWE-347
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A2
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lodash - CVE-2020-28500

Tags:

npm

openpgp