Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2178

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-06-20 00:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 23:17:50
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The dsa_sign_setup function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.2h does not properly ensure the use of constant-time operations, which makes it easier for local users to discover a DSA private key via a timing side-channel attack.