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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16869
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16869
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.699999809265137 MEDIUM
A Bleichenbacher type side-channel based padding oracle attack was found in the way nettle handles endian conversion of RSA decrypted PKCS#1 v1.5 data. An attacker who is able to run a process on the same physical core as the victim process, could use this flaw extract plaintext or in some cases downgrade any TLS connections to a vulnerable server.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
5.699999809265137
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nettle | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | nettle | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | nettle | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | nettle | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Dec 3, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated