CVE-2016-6489
The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - security@debian.org
- Published
- 2017-04-14
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-203
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Nettle (Nettle Project)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Hpc Node (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
