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CVE-2018-12434 (GCVE-0-2018-12434)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-15 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:52
VLAI
Summary
LibreSSL before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA and ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover a key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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