Improper Protection Against Physical Side Channels Affecting gnutls package, versions <0:3.6.16-8.el8_9
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.1% (41st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GNUTLS-6091872
- published 28 Nov 2023
- disclosed 15 Nov 2023
How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8
gnutls
to version 0:3.6.16-8.el8_9 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnutls
package and not the gnutls
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445
- https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0155
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNXKVR5YNUEBNHAHM5GSYKBZX4W2HMN2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZEIOLORQ7N6WRPFXZSYDL2MC4LP7VFV/