The cryptocurrency wallet entropy seeding mechanism used in Libbitcoin Explorer 3.0.0 through 3.6.0 is weak, aka the Milk Sad issue. The use of an mt19937 Mersenne Twister PRNG restricts the internal entropy to 32 bits regardless of settings. This allows remote attackers to recover any wallet private keys generated from "bx seed" entropy output and steal funds. (Affected users need to move funds to a secure new cryptocurrency wallet.) NOTE: the vendor's position is that there was sufficient documentation advising against "bx seed" but others disagree. NOTE: this was exploited in the wild in June and July 2023.
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21 Nov 2024, 08:16
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References | () https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/blob/20eba4db9a8a3476949d6fd08a589abda7fde3e3/src/commands/seed.cpp#L44 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/blob/20eba4db9a8a3476949d6fd08a589abda7fde3e3/src/utility.cpp#L78 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/wiki/CVE-2023-39910 - | |
References | () https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/blob/a1b777fc51d9c04e0c7a1dec5cc746b82a6afe64/src/crypto/pseudo_random.cpp#L66C12-L78 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://milksad.info/disclosure.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37054862 - Third Party Advisory |
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22 Aug 2023, 22:15
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References | (MISC) https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/blob/a1b777fc51d9c04e0c7a1dec5cc746b82a6afe64/src/crypto/pseudo_random.cpp#L66C12-L78 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37054862 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://milksad.info/disclosure.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/blob/20eba4db9a8a3476949d6fd08a589abda7fde3e3/src/utility.cpp#L78 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (MISC) https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/blob/20eba4db9a8a3476949d6fd08a589abda7fde3e3/src/commands/seed.cpp#L44 - Third Party Advisory | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
CWE | CWE-338 | |
First Time |
Libbitcoin
Libbitcoin libbitcoin Explorer |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:a:libbitcoin:libbitcoin_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Information
Published : 2023-08-09 03:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 08:16
NVD link : CVE-2023-39910
Mitre link : CVE-2023-39910
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-39910
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Products Affected
libbitcoin
- libbitcoin_explorer
CWE
CWE-338
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)