Information Exposure Affecting openssl-devel package, versions <1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.62% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENSSLDEVEL-4601688
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Mar 2016

Introduced: 1 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-0702  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openssl-devel to version 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0301.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-devel package and not the openssl-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The MOD_EXP_CTIME_COPY_FROM_PREBUF function in crypto/bn/bn_exp.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not properly consider cache-bank access times during modular exponentiation, which makes it easier for local users to discover RSA keys by running a crafted application on the same Intel Sandy Bridge CPU core as a victim and leveraging cache-bank conflicts, aka a "CacheBleed" attack.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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