CVE-2016-3995

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3995
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-13 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-03-03 16:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe timing attack protection in Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) before 5.6.4 may be optimized out by the compiler, which allows attackers to conduct timing attacks.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cryptopp Crypto All All All All
Application Cryptopp Crypto All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Crypto++ CVE-2016-3995 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Timing Attack Counter Measure AES · Issue #146 · weidai11/cryptopp · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: libcrypto++ - Timing Attack Counter Measure MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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