CVE-2018-16869
CVSS V2 Low 3.3
CVSS V3 Medium 5.7
Description
A Bleichenbacher type side-channel based padding oracle attack was found in the way nettle handles endian conversion of RSA decrypted PKCS#1 v1.5 data. An attacker who is able to run a process on the same physical core as the victim process, could use this flaw extract plaintext or in some cases downgrade any TLS connections to a vulnerable server.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-16869
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2018-12-03T14:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-03T14:25:21
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 3.4 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 3.3
- Severity
- LOW
- Exploitability Score
- 3.4
- Impact Score
- 4.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Attack Vector
- PHYSICAL
- Attack Compatibility
- HIGH
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5.7
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 0.5
- Impact Score
- 4.7
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16869 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| http://cat.eyalro.net/ | Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106092 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16869 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16869 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 07:31:18 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 14:54:50 | 2018-12-03T14:29Z | 2018-12-03T14:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 14:54:50 | 2020-12-04T18:15:13 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 14:54:50 | Undergoing Analysis | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-03 15:08:01 | 2023-02-03T14:25:21 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-03 15:08:01 | Undergoing Analysis | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |