CVE-2023-42811

MEDIUM

aes-gcm 0.10.0-0.10.2 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in decrypt_in_place_detached

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

aes-gcm is a pure Rust implementation of the AES-GCM. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 0.10.3, in the AES GCM implementation of decrypt_in_place_detached, the decrypted ciphertext (i.e. the correct plaintext) is exposed even if tag verification fails. If a program using the `aes-gcm` crate's `decrypt_in_place*` APIs accesses the buffer after decryption failure, it will contain a decryption of an unauthenticated input. Depending on the specific nature of the program this may enable Chosen Ciphertext Attacks (CCAs) which can cause a catastrophic breakage of the cipher including full plaintext recovery. Version 0.10.3 contains a fix for this issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-347
Status published
Products (5)
aes-gcm_project/aes-gcm 0.10.0 - 0.10.3
crates.io/aes-gcm 0.10.0 - 0.10.3crates.io
fedoraproject/fedora 37
fedoraproject/fedora 38
fedoraproject/fedora 39
Published Sep 22, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026