CVE-2018-0735 Timing attack against ECDSA signature generation

What is CVE-2018-0735?

CVE-2018-0735 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1).

Weakness: CWE-327

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0735?

It affects 22 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp Cn1610 Firmware, Netapp Element Software, Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager and 16 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0735?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-0735 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0735 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-0735, CLEANSTART-2026-JO42932, CLEANSTART-2026-YZ01964, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-0735, GHSA-4fhm-44hf-3465, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0735.