CVE-2016-7056

Publication date 31 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

A timing attack flaw was found in OpenSSL 1.0.1u and before that could allow a malicious user with local access to recover ECDSA P-256 private keys.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openssl	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.22
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.39
openssl098	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
openssl	Upstream: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=8aed2a7548362e88e84a7feb795a3a97e8395008

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3181-1
OpenSSL vulnerabilities
31 January 2017

Other references