CVE-2023-5992

medium

Description

A vulnerability was found in OpenSC where PKCS#1 encryption padding removal is not implemented as side-channel resistant. This issue may result in the potential leak of private data.

References

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5992

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0967

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0966

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/usenixsecurity24-shagam.pdf

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UECKC7X4IM4YZQ5KRQMNBNKNOXLZC7RZ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RJI2FWLY24EOPALQ43YPQEZMEP3APPPI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OWIZ5ZLO5ECYPLSTESCF7I7PQO5X6ZSU/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00026.html

https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/CVE-2023-5992

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248685

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-31

Updated: 2025-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N