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.
CWEs
- CWE-203 · Observable Discrepancy