CVE-2016-2178
Public on 2016-06-20
Modified on 2016-10-12
Description
It was discovered that OpenSSL did not always use constant time operations when computing Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) signatures. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to obtain a private DSA key belonging to another user or service running on the same system.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | openssl | 2016-10-12 | ALAS-2016-755 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |