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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-7056

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2016-7056 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities