Cryptographic Issues Affecting wolfssl/wolfssl package, versions [,3.9.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSL-2369441
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-7438  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfssl/wolfssl to version 3.9.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues. The C software implementation of ECC in wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) before 3.9.10 makes it easier for local users to discover RSA keys by leveraging cache-bank hit differences.

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