vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3840-1 (CVE-2018-0735): OpenSSL vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 29, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 29, 2018
Added
Dec 21, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1).
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libssl1-0-0ubuntu-upgrade-libssl1-1
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