VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-12434
LibreSSL before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA and ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
LibreSSL before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA and ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover a key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- openbsd/libressl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.6.5-relnotes.txtVendor Advisory
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.7.4-relnotes.txtVendor Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/Third Party Advisory
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.6.5-relnotes.txtVendor Advisory
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.7.4-relnotes.txtVendor Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.