CVE-2023-5981
Gnutls: timing side-channel in the rsa-psk authentication
MEDIUM 5.9
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.27 % · percentile 70 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0155
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0319
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0399
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0451
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0533
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1383
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445
- https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZEIOLORQ7N6WRPFXZSYDL2MC4LP7VFV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNXKVR5YNUEBNHAHM5GSYKBZX4W2HMN2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00016.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-58248
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-5981
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0864 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0630 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM QRadar · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0585 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0506 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Secure Analytics · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0297 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2023-AVI-1015 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Siemens · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.8.2cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |