Information Exposure Affecting libcrypto++ package, versions <5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBCRYPTO-293589
- published13 Feb 2017
- disclosed13 Feb 2017
Introduced: 13 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-3995 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libcrypto++ to version 5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcrypto++ package and not the libcrypto++ package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The timing attack protection in Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) before 5.6.4 may be optimized out by the compiler, which allows attackers to conduct timing attacks.