UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3995

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3995

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3995.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3995

Upstream

CVE-2016-3995

Published

2017-02-13T18:59:00Z

Modified

2026-04-22T10:42:48Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

The timing attack protection in Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and Rijndael::Dec::ProcessAndXorBlock in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) before 5.6.4 may be optimized out by the compiler, which allows attackers to conduct timing attacks.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libcrypto++

Package

Name: libcrypto++
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcrypto++@5.6.1-6+deb8u3build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.6.1-6+deb8u3build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.6.1-6

5.6.1-6+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-6+deb8u3build0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++9",
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-6+deb8u3build0.14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3995.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libcrypto++