#VU84842 Cryptographic issues in wolfSSL - CVE-2024-1543

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84842

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1543

CWE-ID: CWE-310

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
wolfSSL
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: wolfSSL

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

A side channel vulnerability with AES T-Tables is possible in a very controlled environment where precision sub-cache-line inspection can happen, such as inside an Intel SGX enclave. This can lead to recovery of the AES key. To prevent this type of attack, wolfSSL added an AES bitsliced implementation which can be enabled with the "--enable-aes-bitsliced" configure option.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wolfSSL: 5.0.0 - 5.6.4

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External links
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v5.6.6-stable
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/6854

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.