fkie_cve-2016-6489
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-04-14 18:59
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
Summary
The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_hpc_node | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.10 | |
| nettle_project | nettle | * |
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|---|
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