Observable Timing Discrepancy Affecting olm package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-OLM-7814200
  • published 23 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 22 Aug 2024
  • credit Soatok

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for olm.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Observable Timing Discrepancy due to the use of S-boxes in the AES implementation. An attacker can extract sensitive information by observing the time it takes to perform cryptographic operations.

Note: libolm is now deprecated.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    Low
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None