CVE-2020-4045
Description
SSB-DB version 20.0.0 has an information disclosure vulnerability. The get() method is supposed to only decrypt messages when you explicitly ask it to, but there is a bug where it's decrypting any message that it can. This means that it is returning the decrypted content of private messages, which a malicious peer could use to get access to private data. This only affects peers running SSB-DB@20.0.0 who also have private messages, and is only known to be exploitable if you're also running SSB-OOO (default in SSB-Server), which exposes a thin wrapper around get() to anonymous peers. This is fixed in version 20.0.1. Note that users of SSB-Server verion 16.0.0 should upgrade to 16.0.1 to get the fixed version of SSB-DB.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
ssb-dbnpm | >= 20.0.0, < 20.0.1 | 20.0.1 |
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References
4- github.com/ssbc/ssb-db/commit/43334d0871c9cc6220e0f6d6338499060f7761d4nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpgr-2cx9-327hghsaADVISORY
- github.com/ssbc/ssb-db/security/advisories/GHSA-mpgr-2cx9-327hnvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4045ghsaADVISORY
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