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CVE-2016-6489

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Date: April 14, 2017

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

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (12)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6489

Url: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6489

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1

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

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6489

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

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6489

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

Observable Discrepancy

CWE-203

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version nettle_3.3_release_20161001

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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