CVE-2023-6240

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    CVE-2023-6240

    Published: 4 Feb 2024Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A Marvin vulnerability side-channel leakage was found in the RSA decryption operation in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a network attacker to decrypt ciphertexts or forge signatures, limiting the services that use that private key.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2758, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3421, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3627, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6240, https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1881, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1882, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3414, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3618, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240628-0002/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250843, https://securitypitfalls.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/experiment-with-side-channel-attacks-yourself/

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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