CVE - CVE-2016-6489

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-6489	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE 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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016 CONFIRM:https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3 GENTOO:GLSA-201706-21 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21 MISC:https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20160729 Re: CVE Request: nettle's RSA code is vulnerable to cache sharing related attacks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2582 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html UBUNTU:USN-3193-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20160728	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160728)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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