Encryption-secret exposure via disabled dependency zeroization
Published May 3, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Memory exposure in Matrix.org vodozemac 0.5.0 through 0.5.1 allows local users to expose encryption secrets through process-memory access. The Cargo manifest disabled default features on the Dalek dependencies without enabling their zeroize feature, so the dependencies did not clear secret-bearing values on drop. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access to residual process memory; the result is limited to increased confidentiality risk from extra or longer-lived secret copies.
Summary
What happened
Memory exposure in Matrix.org vodozemac 0.5.0 through 0.5.1 allows local users to expose encryption secrets through process-memory access. The Cargo manifest disabled default features on the Dalek dependencies without enabling their zeroize feature, so the dependencies did not clear secret-bearing values on drop. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access to residual process memory; the result is limited to increased confidentiality risk from extra or longer-lived secret copies.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-34063
- Published
- May 3, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Matrix.org
- Product
- vodozemac
- Classifications
- CWE-1188
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0.5.0 <=0.5.1
- Affected versionversion=>= 0.5.0, < 0.6.0
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