CVE-2023-33982 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Bramble Handshake Protocol (BHP) in Briar before 1.5.3 is not forward secure: eavesdroppers can decrypt network traffic between two accounts if they later compromise both accounts. NOTE: the eavesdropping is typically impractical because BHP runs over an encrypted session that uses the Tor hidden service protocol.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00097.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Briarproject	Briar

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-38106	Bramble Handshake Protocol (BHP) in Briar before 1.5.3 is not forward secure: eavesdroppers can decrypt network traffic between two accounts if they later compromise both accounts. NOTE: the eavesdropping is typically impractical because BHP runs over an encrypted session that uses the Tor hidden service protocol.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://briarproject.org/news/2023-three-security-issues-found-and-fixed/
https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/infk/inst-infsec/appliedcrypto/education/theses/report_YuanmingSong.pdf

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-24T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-16T15:48:49.894Z

Reserved: 2023-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-33982

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:54:14.203Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-24T18:15:10.927

Modified: 2025-01-16T16:15:30.683

Link: CVE-2023-33982

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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