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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-7056
A timing attack flaw was found in OpenSSL 1.0.1u and...
Vulnerability Description
A timing attack flaw was found in OpenSSL 1.0.1u and before that could allow a malicious user with local access to recover ECDSA P-256 private keys.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1195
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8aed2a7548362e88e84a7feb795a3a97e8395008
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/016_libcrypto.patch.sig
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037575
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/52
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7056
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7056.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95375
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/033_libcrypto.patch.sig
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7056
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802
Affected Vendor
The OpenSSL Project
View all reports →Affected Software
openssl
Vulnerable Versions:
openssl 1.0.1u
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 10th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.