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Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

CVE-2020-8929

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

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.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-176 - Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

The software does not properly handle when an input contains Unicode encoding.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published