Light client verification not taking into account chain ID
Description
Tendermint is a high-performance blockchain consensus engine for Byzantine fault tolerant applications. Versions prior to 0.28.0 contain a potential attack via Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature, affecting anyone using the tendermint-light-client and related packages to perform light client verification (e.g. IBC-rs, Hermes). The light client does not check that the chain IDs of the trusted and untrusted headers match, resulting in a possible attack vector where someone who finds a header from an untrusted chain that satisfies all other verification conditions (e.g. enough overlapping validator signatures) could fool a light client. The attack vector is currently theoretical, and no proof-of-concept exists yet to exploit it on live networks. This issue is patched in version 0.28.0. There are no workarounds.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
tendermint-light-client-verifiercrates.io | < 0.28.0 | 0.28.0 |
tendermint-light-clientcrates.io | < 0.28.0 | 0.28.0 |
tendermint-light-client-jscrates.io | < 0.28.0 | 0.28.0 |
Affected products
4- ghsa-coords3 versionspkg:cargo/tendermint-light-clientpkg:cargo/tendermint-light-client-jspkg:cargo/tendermint-light-client-verifier
< 0.28.0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.0
- informalsystems/tendermint-rsv5Range: 0.28.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqqc-c5gw-c5r5ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23507ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/commit/5c32f31b97ac3172775699fe0d4ba6003ca4fb18ghsaWEB
- github.com/informalsystems/tendermint-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-xqqc-c5gw-c5r5ghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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