csaf_ndaal:ndaal-sa-2026-1019

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        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Every tagged sbom-auditor release up to 1.6.34 (26 tags, v0.1.0 to v1.6.34) locks ctutils 0.4.2 or 0.4.3, which RUSTSEC-2026-0385 (2026-10-23) reports as generating masks and comparing u128 values in non-constant time: the generated code could include a branch on secret values on commonly used platforms, and u128 comparisons branched on 32-bit targets. Branches on secrets can leak them through covert channels. sbom-auditor 1.6.35 links ctutils 0.4.5; the fix is in 0.4.4.",
        "title": "Summary"
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        "category": "description",
        "text": "ctutils reaches sbom-auditor through chacha20poly1305 -> poly1305 -> universal-hash, the AEAD (XChaCha20-Poly1305, src/crypto.rs) behind the optional storage encryption of stored SBOM bytes. Whether the timing difference is reachable through sbom-auditor's use of that AEAD has NOT been assessed: no exploitability analysis was made. The scores below are a conservative estimate of a network attacker measuring timing with high complexity and a low confidentiality impact; RustSec publishes no CVSS vector for this advisory.",
        "title": "Description"
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        "category": "details",
        "text": "cargo update -p ctutils: ctutils 0.4.3 -> 0.4.5 (the newest release; the fix is in 0.4.4). Only this one entry in Cargo.lock changes. Verified on the sbom-auditor tree with the updated Cargo.lock (commit 3d1d2b20): cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -D warnings, the test suite (744 unit tests, the integration tests and the doctests), cargo doc, cargo audit, cargo deny and cargo vet pass.",
        "title": "Fix"
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        "category": "general",
        "text": "Upgrade to sbom-auditor 1.6.35 (released on 2026-10-26) or later. No configuration change is required. Releases up to 1.6.34 cannot be fixed in place: they carry the affected crate in the binary.",
        "title": "Recommended action"
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        "category": "other",
        "text": "CVSS v3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N = 3.7 (LOW). CVSS v4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N = 6.3 (MEDIUM). Both are ndaal's own conservative estimate, not taken from RustSec, and are scored for the worst case: the AEAD tag check. The cargo-vet exemption for ctutils moved to 0.4.5 without a review of the changed lines.",
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        "summary": "URL to this CSAF document (ndaal-sa-2026-1019)",
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        "summary": "RUSTSEC-2026-0385 (ctutils)",
        "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0385.html"
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        "category": "external",
        "summary": "RustCrypto/utils pull request 1569",
        "url": "https://github.com/RustCrypto/utils/pull/1569"
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        "summary": "ctutils crate on crates.io",
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        "summary": "sbom-auditor releases",
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        "category": "external",
        "summary": "sbom-auditor 1.6.35 on crates.io",
        "url": "https://crates.io/crates/sbom-auditor/1.6.35"
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      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "sbom-auditor 1.6.35 release on GitLab",
        "url": "https://gitlab.com/vPierre/ndaal_public_sbom_auditor/-/releases/v1.6.35"
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    "title": "ndaal Security Advisory: sbom-auditor 1.6.34 and earlier ship ctutils 0.4.2 or 0.4.3, whose constant-time mask generation and u128 comparisons can branch on secret values",
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              "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
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              "baseScore": 3.7,
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