CVE-2023-50781 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-50781

M2crypto: bleichenbacher timing attacks in the rsa decryption api - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25657

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in m2crypto. This issue may allow a remote attacker to decrypt captured messages in TLS servers that use RSA key exchanges, which may lead to exposure of confidential or sensitive data.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered by Hubert Kario (Red Hat).

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers, Red Hat Virtualization 4
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: February 5th, 2024
Last Modified: May 12th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)