CVE-2024-23771 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2024-01-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:unix4lyfe:darkhttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00209.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/25/1
https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/commit/f477619d49f3c4de9ad59bd194265a48ddc03f04
https://github.com/emikulic/darkhttpd/compare/v1.14...v1.15

History

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Subscriptions

Unix4lyfe Darkhttpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:23:16.116Z

Reserved: 2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23771

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-22T04:15:07.723

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:38.127

Link: CVE-2024-23771

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-203

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