Timing attack in OpenBSD - #VU13551
Published: July 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13551
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenBSD
Affected software:
OpenBSD
OpenBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct timing attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to DSA and ECDSA signature generation can potentially leak secret information. A remote attacker can conduct a timing side-channel attack and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Update to version 6.3.