CVE-2015-2141

Description

The InvertibleRWFunction::CalculateInverse function in rw.cpp in libcrypt++ 5.6.2 does not properly blind private key operations for the Rabin-Williams digital signature algorithm, which allows remote attackers to obtain private keys via a timing attack.

References

https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/9425e16437439e68c7d96abef922167d68fafaff

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75467

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3296

http://sourceforge.net/p/cryptopp/code/542/

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00047.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3