CVE-2016-6489
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 14, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 28, 2016
Description
The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20160729 Re: CVE Request: nettle's RSA code is vulnerable to cache sharing related attacksmailing-list
- USN-3193-1vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201706-21vendor-advisory
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
- RHSA-2016:2582vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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