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CVE-2016-6489

2016-08-0100:00:00
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7

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.9%

The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to
discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
mdeslaur original patch had issues, see http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/206 subsequent commits fix issue
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchnettle< 2.4-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchnettle< 2.7.1-1ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchnettle< 3.2-1ubuntu0.16.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.10noarchnettle< 3.2-1ubuntu0.16.10.1UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.9%