CVE-2016-6489
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6489
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6489.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6489
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-04-14T18:59:00.737Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:10:06.657692Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.
- References
-
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3193-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-21
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362016
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/7
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/3fe1d6549765ecfb24f0b80b2ed086fdc818bff3
- https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/596.pdf
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6489.json"
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