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CVE-2016-7056 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7056	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1195	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/033_libcrypto.patch.sig	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/016_libcrypto.patch.sig	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8aed2a7548362e88e84a7feb795a3a97e8395008	CVE
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7056.html	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/52	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7056	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95375	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037575	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7056	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1195	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.9/common/033_libcrypto.patch.sig	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.0/common/016_libcrypto.patch.sig	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8aed2a7548362e88e84a7feb795a3a97e8395008	[email protected]
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7056.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/52	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7056	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95375	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037575	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-320	Key Management Errors	[email protected]
CWE-385	Covert Timing Channel	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
openssl openssl	<= 1.0.1u
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	12.04 14.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 12, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 22, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 17, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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