CVE-2015-2141

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2141
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-01 14:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe InvertibleRWFunction::CalculateInverse function in rw.cpp in libcrypt++ 5.6.2 does not properly blind private key operations for the Rabin-Williams digital signature algorithm, which allows remote attackers to obtain private keys via a timing attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cryptopp Crypto Library 5.6.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3296-1 libcrypto++ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Crypto++ CVE-2015-2141 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Crypto++ / Code / Commit [r542] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Fix for CVE-2015-2141. Thanks to Evgeny Sidorov for reporting. Squari… · weidai11/cryptopp@9425e16 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1271-1: moderate: Security update for libcryptopp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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