CVE-2016-6489
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
Description
The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 16.10 | Affected | — |
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.3-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nettle_project | nettle | {"endExcluding":"3.3"} | 3.3 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6489.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6489
CWEs
CWE-203
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.