Name: CVE-2018-12437: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-12437, CWE-200, CVSS 4.9, EPSS 0.00082

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.9
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade libtomcrypt	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 15, 2018
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-misc/dropbear.	Jul 29, 2020	Jun 15, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libtomcrypt	Nov 19, 2024	Jun 15, 2018

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CVSS Details

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