CVE-2016-6489 Information

Description

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

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5