#VU15568 Information disclosure in OpenSSL - CVE-2018-0735

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#VU15568 Information disclosure in OpenSSL - CVE-2018-0735

Published: October 29, 2018 / Updated: October 30, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15568
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0735
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSL
Software vendor:
OpenSSL Software Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to disclosure of the OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm. A remote attacker can use variations in the signing algorithm to conduct a timing side channel attack and recover the private key.


Remediation

The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 1.1.0j, 1.1.1a.

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