CVE-2018-1000159

MEDIUM

tlslite-ng <0.7.3 - Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

tlslite-ng version 0.7.3 and earlier, since commit d7b288316bca7bcdd082e6ccff5491e241305233 contains a CWE-354: Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value vulnerability in TLS implementation, tlslite/utils/constanttime.py: ct_check_cbc_mac_and_pad(); line "end_pos = data_len - 1 - mac.digest_size" that can result in an attacker manipulating the TLS ciphertext which will not be detected by receiving tlslite-ng. This attack appears to be exploitable via man in the middle on a network connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed after commit 3674815d1b0f7484454995e2737a352e0a6a93d8.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 36.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-354
Status published
Products (2)
pypi/tlslite-ng 0 - 0.7.4PyPI
tlslite-ng_project/tlslite-ng < 0.7.3
Published Apr 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026