Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting openssl package, versions <1.1.0j-1~deb9u1

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Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENSSL-374278
published16 Apr 2018
disclosed16 Apr 2018

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Introduced: 16 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-0737 (opens in a new tab) CWE-327 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 openssl to version 1.1.0j-1~deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).