wolfssl/wolfcrypt-py · Security

wolfCrypt leaks cryptographic information via timing side channel

GHSA ID
GHSA-q95h-vc86-hv77
CVE ID
CVE-2019-13628
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
4.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
4.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

wolfSSL and wolfCrypt 4.0.0 and earlier (when configured without --enable-fpecc, --enable-sp, or --enable-sp-math) contain a timing side channel in ECDSA signature generation. This allows a local attacker, able to precisely measure the duration of signature operations, to infer information about the nonces used and potentially mount a lattice attack to recover the private key used. The issue occurs because ecc.c scalar multiplication might leak the bit length.

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