CVE-2016-6489

moderate-risk
Published 2017-04-14

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

Do I need to act?

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3.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Canonical Redhat Nettle Project

References (16)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
Technical Description https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
Patch https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fd...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21
Third Party Advisory https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
Technical Description https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
Patch https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fd...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21
Third Party Advisory https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate