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CVE-2018-0737 Detail

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).


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.9 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103766 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040685 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3221
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=349a41da1ad88ad87825414752a8ff5fdd6a6c3f
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6939eab03a6e23d2bd2c3f5e34fe1d48e542e787
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00043.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EWC42UXL5GHTU5G77VKBF6JYUUNGSHOM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y3IVFGSERAZLNJCK35TEM2R4726XIH3Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZBEV5QGDRFUZDMNECFXUSN5FMYOZDE4V/
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2018-security-releases/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-21
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0003/
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/133
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3628-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3628-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3692-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3692-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4348
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4355
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20180416.txt Vendor Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-12
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-13
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-14
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-17

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-0737
NVD Published Date:
04/16/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
OpenSSL Software Foundation