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CVE-2024-26317: In illumos illumos-gate 2024-02-15, an error occurs in the elliptic curve point addition algorithm that uses mixed Jacobian-affine coordinates,...
Description
In illumos illumos-gate 2024-02-15, an error occurs in the elliptic curve point addition algorithm that uses mixed Jacobian-affine coordinates, causing the algorithm to yield a result of POINT_AT_INFINITY when it should not. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this to interfere with a connection, resulting in an attacked party computing an incorrect shared secret.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-26317
Affected Products
Vendor: n/a
Product: n/a
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 17.96% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-25 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aGLAFz20-fc7ZLiWouegyK_65jCkGTDb/view?usp=sharinghttps://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate
https://rashidkhanpathan.github.io/posts/CVE-2024-26317-Elliptic-curve-point-addition-error/