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    CVE-2023-42811

    aes-gcm is a pure Rust implementation of the AES-GCM. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 0.10.3, in the AES GCM implementation of decrypt_in_place_detached, the decrypted ciphertext (i.e. the correct plaintext) is exposed even if tag verification fails. If a program using the `aes-gcm` crate's `decrypt_in_place*` APIs accesses the buffer after decryption failure, it will contain a decryption of an unauthenticated input. Depending on the specific nature of the program this may enable Chosen Ciphertext Attacks (CCAs) which can cause a catastrophic breakage of the cipher including full plaintext recovery. Version 0.10.3 contains a fix for this issue.

    Published:Sep 22, 2023
    Last Modified:Jun 18, 2025
    EPS:Sep 22, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00016
    CVSS Score:4.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Aes-gcm Project
    Product
    Aes-gcm
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora

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