CVE-2016-6489

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6489
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-14T18:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-11-16T20:20:41
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-203 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/203.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf Technical Description
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6489
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6489
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:19:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:58:11 2017-04-14T18:59Z 2017-04-14T18:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:58:11 2020-11-16T20:20:41 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:58:11 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated