CVE-2016-6489

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-203

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdfTechnical Description
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdfTechnical Description
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 14, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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