CVE-2016-6489

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.

The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-04-14 18:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-01 01:30:00

Affected Software

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10

16.10

Nettle Project Nettle

References

RHSA-2016:2582

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

[oss-security] 20160729 Re: CVE Request: nettle's RSA code is vulnerable to cache sharing related attacks

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

USN-3193-1

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf

Technical Description

https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3

Patch, Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201706-21

N/A

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