CVE-2019-25005 in chacha20 Crate

Summary

by MITRE • 12/31/2020

An issue was discovered in the chacha20 crate before 0.2.3 for Rust. A ChaCha20 counter overflow makes it easier for attackers to determine plaintext.

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• Disclosure: 12/31/2020
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-167071
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-326 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 2.6 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.01309
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Telecommunication

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25005
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25005
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-25005/