CVE-2017-6076 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker with cache access can extract RSA key information from wolfSSL due to side-channel leakage in multiplication operations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-6076?

CVE-2017-6076 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl Wolfssl, published on 23 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In versions of wolfSSL before 3.10.2 the function fp_mul_comba makes it easier to extract RSA key information for a malicious user who has access to view cache on a machine.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6076?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wolfssl Wolfssl.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6076?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-6076 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6076 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wolfssl Wolfssl vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6076, GHSA-8hxw-x3wx-q3hv, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6076.

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