UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42459
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459
Upstream
Published
2024-08-02T07:16:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:18:19Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*
6.4.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.4.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*
6.5.1~dfsg-1
6.5.1~dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.5.1~dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*
6.5.4~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.5.4~dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*
6.5.4~dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.5.4~dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*
6.6.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.6.1+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
node-elliptic

Package

Name
node-elliptic
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-elliptic?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*
6.6.1+dfsg-1
6.6.1+dfsg+~6.4.18-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-elliptic",
            "binary_version": "6.6.1+dfsg+~6.4.18-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42459.json"