CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7056

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-09-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-09-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-320, CWE-385

Description

A timing attack flaw was found in OpenSSL 1.0.1u and before that could allow a malicious user with local access to recover ECDSA P-256 private keys.

Affected configurations

• openssl openssl (<= 1.0.1u) • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-385 Covert Timing Channel weakness

References