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CVE-2018-0737 Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation

MediumCVSS 5.9 EPSS 11.6%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/openssl(Debian:12) < 1.1.0h-3 1.1.0h-3
debian/openssl(Debian:13) < 1.1.0h-3 1.1.0h-3
debian/openssl(Debian:14) < 1.1.0h-3 1.1.0h-3
alpine/openssl(Alpine:v3.3) >= 1.0.2b, < 1.0.2o-r1 1.0.2o-r1
alpine/openssl(Alpine:v3.4) >= 1.0.2b, < 1.0.2o-r2 1.0.2o-r2
alpine/openssl(Alpine:v3.5) >= 1.0.2b, < 1.0.2o-r1 1.0.2o-r1
alpine/openssl(Alpine:v3.6) >= 1.0.2b, < 1.0.2o-r1 1.0.2o-r1
alpine/openssl(Alpine:v3.7) >= 1.0.2b, < 1.0.2o-r1 1.0.2o-r1
alpine/openssl(Alpine:v3.8) >= 1.0.2b, < 1.0.2o-r2 1.0.2o-r2
OpenSSL = Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h) No fix listed
OpenSSL = Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o) No fix listed
OpenSSL >= 1.0.2b, <= 1.0.2o No fix listed
OpenSSL >= 1.1.0, <= 1.1.0h No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 14.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 16.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 17.10 No fix listed

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