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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.

Published

2017-04-14T18:59:00.737

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-203

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_hpc_node	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.10	Yes
Application	nettle_project	nettle	< 3.3	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf Technical Description ([email protected])
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf Technical Description (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)