CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-2141
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-07-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The InvertibleRWFunction::CalculateInverse function in rw.cpp in libcrypt++ 5.6.2 does not properly blind private key operations for the Rabin-Williams digital signature algorithm, which allows remote attackers to obtain private keys via a timing attack.
Affected configurations
• cryptopp crypto\+\+ library 5.6.2
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00047.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://sourceforge.net/p/cryptopp/code/542/ sourceforge.net
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3296 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75467 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/9425e16437439e68c7d96abef922167d68fafaff github.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00047.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://sourceforge.net/p/cryptopp/code/542/ sourceforge.net
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3296 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75467 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/9425e16437439e68c7d96abef922167d68fafaff github.com