CVE-2016-7056
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 10, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95375VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037575Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7056CVSS
5.5MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-385CWE-320
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