CVE-2023-5981

A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.

CVSS v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0155

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

Information

Published : 2023-11-28 12:15

Updated : 2024-01-10 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-5981

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5981

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

gnu

gnutls

redhat

linux

CWE

CWE-203

Observable Discrepancy

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