Medium severity · published Apr 16, 2018
CVE-2018-0737
Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation
5.9
CVSS
11.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)11.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenSSL · OpenSSL
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) · source: vendor, NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0737
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0737
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103766
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040685
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3221
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932
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