Description
GnuPG 1.x before 1.4.16 generates RSA keys using sequences of introductions with certain patterns that introduce a side channel, which allows physically proximate attackers to extract RSA keys via a chosen-ciphertext attack and acoustic cryptanalysis during decryption. NOTE: applications are not typically expected to protect themselves from acoustic side-channel attacks, since this is arguably the responsibility of the physical device. Accordingly, issues of this type would not normally receive a CVE identifier. However, for this issue, the developer has specified a security policy in which GnuPG should offer side-channel resistance, and developer-specified security-policy violations are within the scope of CVE.
Metrics
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2013-December/028102.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/101170
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0016.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/520
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/523
- http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/acoustic/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2821
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64424
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029513
- http://www.tau.ac.il/~tromer/papers/acoustic-20131218.pdf
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2059-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89846
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2013-December/028102.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/101170
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0016.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/520
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/523
- http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/acoustic/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2821
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64424
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029513
- http://www.tau.ac.il/~tromer/papers/acoustic-20131218.pdf
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2059-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89846
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 20, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified