CVE-2020-8911
MEDIUMDescription
A padding oracle vulnerability exists in the AWS S3 Crypto SDK for GoLang versions prior to V2. The SDK allows users to encrypt files with AES-CBC without computing a Message Authentication Code (MAC), which then allows an attacker who has write access to the target's S3 bucket and can observe whether or not an endpoint with access to the key can decrypt a file, they can reconstruct the plaintext with (on average) 128*length (plaintext) queries to the endpoint, by exploiting CBC's ability to manipulate the bytes of the next block and PKCS5 padding errors. It is recommended to update your SDK to V2 or later, and re-encrypt your files.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 27% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-327 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-2808 | Low | 3.7 | 74% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-34039 | Critical | 9.8 | 64% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2016-6602 | Critical | 9.8 | 55% | - | - |
| CVE-2014-8687 | Critical | 9.8 | 44% | - | - |
| CVE-2020-13777 | High | 7.4 | 18% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2017-17428 | Medium | 5.9 | 15% | - | - |
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