CVE-2019-15809

Summary

CVECVE-2019-15809
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-03 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-13 19:31:00 UTC
DescriptionSmart cards from the Athena SCS manufacturer, based on the Atmel Toolbox 00.03.11.05 and the AT90SC chip, contain a timing side channel in ECDSA signature generation. This allows a local attacker, able to measure the duration of hundreds to thousands of signing operations, to compute the private key used. The issue occurs because the Atmel Toolbox 00.03.11.05 contains two versions of ECDSA signature functions, described as fast and secure, but the affected cards chose to use the fast version, which leaks the bit length of the random nonce via timing. This affects Athena IDProtect 010b.0352.0005, Athena IDProtect 010e.1245.0002, Athena IDProtect 0106.0130.0401, Athena IDProtect 010e.1245.0002, Valid S/A IDflex V 010b.0352.0005, SafeNet eToken 4300 010e.1245.0002, TecSec Armored Card 010e.0264.0001, and TecSec Armored Card 108.0264.0001.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Athena-scs Idprotect 0106.0130.0401 All All All
Operating System Athena-scs Idprotect 010b.0352.0005 All All All
Operating System Athena-scs Idprotect 010e.1245.0002 All All All
Operating System Athena-scs Idprotect 0106.0130.0401 All All All
Operating System Athena-scs Idprotect 010b.0352.0005 All All All
Operating System Athena-scs Idprotect 010e.1245.0002 All All All
Operating System Cryptsoft S/a Idflex V 010b.0352.0005 All All All
Operating System Cryptsoft S/a Idflex V 010b.0352.0005 All All All
Operating System Cryptsoft S/a Idflex V 010b.0352.0005 All All All
Application Microchip Atmel Toolbox 00.03.11.05 All All All
Application Microchip Toolbox 00.03.11.05 All All All
Application Microchip Toolbox 00.03.11.05 All All All
Operating System Tecsec Armored Card 010e.0264.0001 All All All
Operating System Tecsec Armored Card 108.0264.0001 All All All
Operating System Tecsec Armored Card 010e.0264.0001 All All All
Operating System Tecsec Armored Card 108.0264.0001 All All All
Operating System Thalesgroup Etoken 4300 010e.1245.0002 All All All
Operating System Thalesgroup Etoken 4300 010e.1245.0002 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Return of the Hidden Number Problem. | IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems MISC tches.iacr.org Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz MISC minerva.crocs.fi.muni.cz Exploit, Third Party Advisory
eprint.iacr.org/2011/232.pdf MISC eprint.iacr.org Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Bibliothèque cryptographique ATMEL Toolbox 00.03.11.05 | Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information MISC www.ssi.gouv.fr Product
Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program | CSRC MISC csrc.nist.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
oss-security - Minerva: ECDSA key recovery from bit-length leakage MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, 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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