DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-42459
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459
Upstream
Published
2024-08-02T07:16:10.003Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:17:22.200310Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Elliptic package 6.5.6 for Node.js, EDDSA signature malleability occurs because there is a missing signature length check, and thus zero-valued bytes can be removed or appended.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-elliptic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.5.4~dfsg-1
6.5.4~dfsg-2
6.5.7+dfsg-1
6.6.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459.json"

Debian:12 / node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-elliptic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.5.4~dfsg-2
6.5.7+dfsg-1
6.6.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459.json"

Debian:13 / node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-elliptic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.5.7+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459.json"

Debian:14 / node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/node-elliptic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.5.7+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42459.json"