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CVE-2018-0737

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack.

Impact

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
OpensslOpenssl
from 1.0.2b through 1.0.2o
from 1.1.0 through 1.1.0h
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

Weakness classification

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