CVE-2013-5915

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5915
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-04 17:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe RSA-CRT implementation in PolarSSL before 1.2.9 does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.10.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.10.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.11.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.11.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.12.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.12.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.13.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.14.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.14.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.14.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.99 pre1 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.99 pre3 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.99 pre4 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 0.99 pre5 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.0.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 rc0 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.4 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.5 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.6 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.8 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.4 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.5 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.6 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.7 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2782-1 polarssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA55084 - PolarSSL RSA Private Key Recovery Weakness - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: polarssl-1.2.9-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: polarssl-1.2.9-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
PolarSSL Security Advisory 2013-05 - Tech Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 polarssl.org Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/98049 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: polarssl-1.2.9-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
PolarSSL RSA Private Key Recovery Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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