CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-6935
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-02-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-203
Description
wolfSSL SP Math All RSA implementation is vulnerable to the Marvin Attack, new variation of a timing Bleichenbacher style attack, when built with the following options to configure:
--enable-all CFLAGS="-DWOLFSSL_STATIC_RSA"
The define “WOLFSSL_STATIC_RSA” enables static RSA cipher suites, which is not recommended, and has been disabled by default since wolfSSL 3.6.6. Therefore the default build since 3.6.6, even with "--enable-all", is not vulnerable to the Marvin Attack. The vulnerability is specific to static RSA cipher suites, and expected to be padding-independent.
The vulnerability allows an attacker to decrypt ciphertexts and forge signatures after probing with a large number of test observations. However the server’s private key is not exposed.
Affected configurations
• wolfssl wolfssl (>= 3.12.2 <= 5.6.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy weakness
References
- https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/ Technical Description
- https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ Vendor Advisory
- https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/ Technical Description
- https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/ Vendor Advisory