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SUSE: CVE-2016-6489: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6489: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/31/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libhogweed2
  • suse-upgrade-libhogweed2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libhogweed4
  • suse-upgrade-libhogweed4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libnettle-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libnettle4
  • suse-upgrade-libnettle4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libnettle6
  • suse-upgrade-libnettle6-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:1481-1
  • RHSA-2016:2582
  • USN-3193-1
  • GLSA-201706-21
  • CVE-2016-6489
  • DLA-593-1

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