VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-23771
darkhttpd before 1.15 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via a timing side channel.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.05%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
darkhttpd before 1.15 uses strcmp (which is not constant time) to verify authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via a timing side channel.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.05% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-203
- Affected
- unix4lyfe/darkhttpd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/25/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/f477619d49f3c4de9ad59bd194265a48ddc03f04Patch
- https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15Product
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/25/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/f477619d49f3c4de9ad59bd194265a48ddc03f04Patch
- https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.