UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5915

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5915

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5915.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5915

Upstream

CVE-2013-5915

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:56Z

Published

2013-10-04T17:55:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:17:10.211643Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

The RSA-CRT implementation in PolarSSL before 1.2.9 does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / polarssl

Package

Name: polarssl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/polarssl@1.3.4-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.3.4-1

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.8-2

1.3.1-2

1.3.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolarssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.4-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolarssl-runtime",
            "binary_version": "1.3.4-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpolarssl5",
            "binary_version": "1.3.4-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5915.json"