In the Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android, the amount of data transmitted during a single voter's vote depends on the different lengths of the metadata across the available voting choices, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover this voter's choice by sniffing the network. For example, a small amount of sniffed data may indicate that a vote was cast for the candidate with the least metadata. An active man-in-the-middle attacker can leverage this behavior to disrupt voters' abilities to vote for a candidate opposed by the attacker.
References
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https://blog.voatz.com/?p=1209 | Vendor Advisory |
https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SecurityAnalysisOfVoatz_Public.pdf | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2020-02-13 21:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 20:39
NVD link : CVE-2020-8989
Mitre link : CVE-2020-8989
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-8989
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Products Affected
voatz
- voatz
CWE
CWE-203
Observable Discrepancy