CVE-2015-5738

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5738
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-26 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe RSA-CRT implementation in the Cavium Software Development Kit (SDK) 2.x, when used on OCTEON II CN6xxx Hardware on Linux to support TLS with Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS), makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private RSA keys by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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 F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller All All All All
Application F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller All All All All
Hardware Marvell Octeon Ii Cn6000 - All All All
Hardware Marvell Octeon Ii Cn6010 - All All All
Hardware Marvell Octeon Ii Cn6020 - All All All
Application Marvell Software Development Kit 2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
people.redhat.com/~fweimer/rsa-crt-leaks.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 people.redhat.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
RSA-CRT key leak under certain conditions | FortiGuard.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fortiguard.com Broken Link
SOL91245485 - RSA-CRT key leak vulnerability CVE-2015-5738 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900089 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.51
  • 903041 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3480)
  • 906203 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3480-1)

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