What is CVE-2015-9258?

CVE-2015-9258 is a high-severity vulnerability in Docker Notary, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2015-9258?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Docker Notary

CVE-2015-9258

In Docker Notary before 0.1, gotuf/signed/verify.go has a Signature Algorithm Not Matched to Key vulnerability. Because an attacker controls the field specifying the signature algorithm, they might (for example) be able to forge a signature by forcing a misinterpretation of an RSA-PSS key as Ed25519 elliptic-curve data.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Docker Notary
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9258?: CVE-2015-9258 is a high-severity vulnerability in Docker Notary, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2015-9258?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.