CVE-2007-3108

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-08-08
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The BN_from_montgomery function in crypto/bn/bn_mont.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8e and earlier does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow local users to conduct a side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (openssl)	ELSA-2007-1003	2007-11-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (openssl)	ELSA-2007-0964	2007-10-12