CVE-2021-43398 (GCVE-0-2021-43398)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-04 20:06
Modified
2024-08-04 03:55
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Crypto++ (aka Cryptopp) 8.6.0 and earlier contains a timing leakage in MakePublicKey(). There is a clear correlation between execution time and private key length, which may cause disclosure of the length information of the private key. This might allow attackers to conduct timing attacks. NOTE: this report is disputed by the vendor and multiple third parties. The execution-time differences are intentional. A user may make a choice of a longer key as a tradeoff between strength and performance. In making this choice, the amount of information leaked to an adversary is of infinitesimal value
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