Vulnerability in OpenSSL
CVE-2007-3108
The BN_from_montgomery function in crypto/bn/bn_mont.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8e and earlier does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow local users to conduct a side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.2 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-74KLP3
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724968 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26893 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27205 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476341/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/27097 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2362 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2759 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-3108?
- CVE-2007-3108 is a vulnerability in OpenSSL. Published 2007-08-08.
- Is CVE-2007-3108 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.