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Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting openssl package, versions <1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.13

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENSSL-374287
  • 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 Ubuntu:16.04 openssl to version 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.13 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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).

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