CVE-2016-7056

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7056
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-10 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:25:00 UTC
DescriptionA timing attack flaw was found in OpenSSL 1.0.1u and before that could allow a malicious user with local access to recover ECDSA P-256 private keys.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-385

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/033_libcrypto.patch.sig CONFIRM ftp.openbsd.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
OpenSSL CVE-2016-7056 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OpenSSL ecdsa_sign_setup() Timing Flaw Lets Local Users Recover Private Keys - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit MISC git.openssl.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3773-1 openssl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
1412120 – (CVE-2016-7056) CVE-2016-7056 openssl: ECDSA P-256 timing attack key recovery MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: CVE-2016-7056 ECDSA P-256 timing attack key recovery (OpenSSL, LibreSSL, BoringSSL) MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit CONFIRM git.openssl.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-7056 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug 1412120 – CVE-2016-7056 openssl: ECDSA P-256 timing attack key recovery CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2016/1195 MISC eprint.iacr.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-7056 CONFIRM security-tracker.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/016_libcrypto.patch.sig CONFIRM ftp.openbsd.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-7056 in Ubuntu CONFIRM people.canonical.com 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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