CVE-2018-12440

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-06-13
CWE:
CWE-385
Bugzilla:
1591911: CVE-2018-12440 netty-tcnative-boringssl-static: memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA signatures

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

BoringSSL through 2018-06-14 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover a DSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

Find out more about CVE-2018-12440 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 netty-tcnative-boringssl-static Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7 camel Affected

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