CVE-2016-3995 (GCVE-0-2016-3995)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-13 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:17
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The timing attack protection in Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) before 5.6.4 may be optimized out by the compiler, which allows attackers to conduct timing attacks.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85975Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/146Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85975Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/146Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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