CVE-2020-8929

Summary

A mis-handling of invalid unicode characters in the Java implementation of Tink versions prior to 1.5 allows an attacker to change the ID part of a ciphertext, which result in the creation of a second ciphertext that can decrypt to the same plaintext. This can be a problem with encrypting deterministic AEAD with a single key, and rely on a unique ciphertext-per-plaintext.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Google LLCTinkstable < 1.5affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-176: CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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