UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12437
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Summary:
Details: LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12437, https://github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt/issues/407, https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437
Affected packages
Package
Name: libtomcrypt
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1.17-5ubuntu0.1
Affected versions
1.17-3.2ubuntu1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
