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CVE-2023-46234

browserify-sign: upper bound check issue in dsaVerify leads to a signature forgery attack

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 26, 2023

Updated · October 23, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in browserify-sign node package. This issue may allow a malicious user to execute a signature forgery attack by not correctly checking cryptographic signatures for DSA data, resulting in a jeopardized environment.

Statement

An attacker could impact the integrity of a server when handling unknown input due to the lack of DSA verification, for example, pretending to be a legitimate user, gaining unauthorized access. Therefore, the impact for this vulnerability is important.

Red Hat Fuse 7 uses browserify-sign as a transitive development dependency, hence the Low impact.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No current mitigation is yet available for this flaw.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature