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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12437

LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To dis...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libtomcrypt

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.2-1"}]}]

Debian:13 libtomcrypt

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.2-1"}]}]

Debian:14 libtomcrypt

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.2-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org