Security Analysis of a Certificateless Signature from Lattices

Tian and Huang proposed a lattice-based CLS scheme based on the hardness of the SIS problem and proved, in the random oracle model, that the scheme is existentially unforgeable against strong adversaries. Their security proof uses the general forking lemma under the assumption that the underlying ha...

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Main Authors: Seunghwan Chang, Hyang-Sook Lee, Juhee Lee, Seongan Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Security and Communication Networks
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3413567
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Summary:Tian and Huang proposed a lattice-based CLS scheme based on the hardness of the SIS problem and proved, in the random oracle model, that the scheme is existentially unforgeable against strong adversaries. Their security proof uses the general forking lemma under the assumption that the underlying hash function H is a random oracle. We show that the hash function in the scheme is neither one-way nor collision-resistant in the view of a strong Type 1 adversary. We point out flaws in the security arguments and present attack algorithms that are successful in the strong Type 1 adversarial model using the weak properties of the hash function.
ISSN:1939-0114
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