Vulnerability in RSA-PSK (CVE-2023-5981)
Summary
Vulnerability in RSA-PSK (CVE-2023-5981). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-5981 has been found in RSA-PSK.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "RSA-PSK CVE-2023-5981" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-5981 (RSA-PSK) — CWE-208 / CVSS v3 5.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-208) exists in RSA-PSK.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of RSA-PSK.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.9/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'RSA-PSK' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'RSA-PSK' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
RSA-PSKを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2023-5981 gnutls Fixed in: 3.8.3-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5981 gnutls28 Fixed in: 3.7.1-5+deb11u4
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5981 gnutls28
References
- advisory bugzilla.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
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- advisory lists.debian.org
- patch access.redhat.com
- patch gnutls.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web github.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org