CVE-2020-25657
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CVE-2020-25657 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.9/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in all released versions of m2crypto, where they are vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption API via the timed processing of valid PKCS#1 v1.5 Ciphertext. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.. EPSS estimates a 1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in all released versions of m2crypto, where they are vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks in the RSA decryption API via the timed processing of valid PKCS#1 v1.5 Ciphertext. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| M2crypto Project | M2crypto | All versions |
| Redhat | Virtualization | 4.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 7.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 33 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1889823Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1889823Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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