CVE-2014-125055 agnivade easy-scrypt scrypt.go VerifyPassphrase timing discrepancy
An attacker can exploit timing discrepancies in the VerifyPassphrase function to potentially recover sensitive password information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-125055?
CVE-2014-125055 is a low-severity vulnerability in agnivade easy-scrypt, published on 7 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in agnivade easy-scrypt. Affected is the function VerifyPassphrase of the file scrypt.go. The manipulation leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version 1.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 477c10cf3b144ddf96526aa09f5fdea613f21812. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217596.
Weakness: CWE-208
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-125055?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/agnivade/easy-scrypt. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/agnivade/easy-scrypt Go | All versions | 1.0.0 |
github.com/agnivade/easy-scrypt Go | All versions | 1.0.0 |
github.com/agnivade/easy-scrypt Go | All versions | 1.0.0 |
Products include Easy-Script Project Easy-Script.
How do I fix CVE-2014-125055?
Upgrade github.com/agnivade/easy-scrypt to 1.0.0 or later.
Is CVE-2014-125055 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-125055 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r894-5r7v-7rx3, GO-2023-1294.