Vulnerability in Nettle_project Nettle
CVE-2018-16869
A Bleichenbacher type side-channel based padding oracle attack was found in the way nettle handles endian conversion of RSA decrypted PKCS#1 v1.5 data. An attacker who is able to run a process on the same physical core as the victim proces…
EPSS: 0.015 (71.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Nettle_project Nettle
- [Unknown] Nettle — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16869?
- CVE-2018-16869 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nettle_project Nettle, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2018-12-03.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16869?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-16869 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.