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Key Management Errors

CVE-2016-7056

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-320 - Key Management Errors

Weaknesses in this category are related to errors in the management of cryptographic keys.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published