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CVE-2018-0735 Detail

Description

The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1).


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.9 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105750 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041986 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3700 Third Party Advisory 
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=56fb454d281a023b3f950d969693553d3f3ceea1
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b1d6d55ece1c26fa2829e2b819b038d7b6d692b4
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00024.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/ Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181105-0002/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3840-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4348 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20181029.txt Vendor Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-0735
NVD Published Date:
10/29/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
OpenSSL Software Foundation