CVE-2023-33983

The Introduction Client in Briar through 1.5.3 does not implement out-of-band verification for the public keys of introducees. An introducer can launch man-in-the-middle attacks against later private communication between two introduced parties.

CVSS v3 7.4 HIGH

7.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/infk/inst-infsec/appliedcrypto/education/theses/report_YuanmingSong.pdf	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/infk/inst-infsec/appliedcrypto/education/theses/report_YuanmingSong.pdf	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:briarproject:briar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-05-24 18:15

Updated : 2025-01-16 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-33983

Mitre link : CVE-2023-33983

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-33983

JSON object : View

Products Affected

briarproject

briar

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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