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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-25657

A flaw was found in all released versions of m2crypto, where they are vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption API via the timed processing of valid PKCS#1 v1.5 Ciphertext.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.74%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A flaw was found in all released versions of m2crypto, where they are vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption API via the timed processing of valid PKCS#1 v1.5 Ciphertext. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.74% probability · 76th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-385
Affected
m2crypto project/m2crypto · redhat/virtualization · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.