#VU85623 Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy in GnuTLS - CVE-2024-0553
Published: January 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85623
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0553
CWE-ID: CWE-208
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
GnuTLS
GnuTLS
Software vendor:
GnuTLS
GnuTLS
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform timing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding. A remote attacker can perform timing sidechannel attack in RSA-PSK key exchange.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fox for #VU83316 (CVE-2023-5981).
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.