Paper 2024/522
Cryptanalysis of Secure and Lightweight Conditional Privacy-Preserving Authentication for Securing Traffic Emergency Messages in VANETs
Abstract
In their paper, Wei et al. proposed a lightweight protocol for conditional privacy-preserving authentication in VANET. The protocol aims to achieve ultra-low transmission delay and efficient system secret key (SSK) updating. Their protocol uses a signature scheme with message recovery to authenticate messages. This scheme provides security against adaptively chosen message attacks. However, our analysis reveals a critical vulnerability in the scheme. It is susceptible to replay attacks, meaning a malicious vehicle can replay a message multiple times at different timestamps. This action undermines the overall effectiveness of conditional privacy. We suggest possible solutions to address these vulnerabilities and enhance the security of VANET communication.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Cryptographic protocols
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- Keywords
- VANETprivacy-preserving authenticationuniversal forgeryreplay attack.
- Contact author(s)
- Mahender kumar @ warwick ac uk
- History
- 2024-04-06: approved
- 2024-04-02: received
- See all versions
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2024/522
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2024/522,
author = {Mahender Kumar},
title = {Cryptanalysis of Secure and Lightweight Conditional Privacy-Preserving Authentication for Securing Traffic Emergency Messages in {VANETs}},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2024/522},
year = {2024},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/522}
}
