vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-2178: Observable Discrepancy

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jun 20, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 8, 2025

Description

The dsa_sign_setup function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.2h does not properly ensure the use of constant-time operations, which makes it easier for local users to discover a DSA private key via a timing side-channel attack.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-openssl
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