[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#895844: openssl: CVE-2018-0737: Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation Source

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: openssl
Version: 1.1.0f-3
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -2 openssl1.0 1.0.2l-2
Control: retitle -2 openssl1.0: CVE-2018-0737: Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation Source

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for openssl.

CVE-2018-0737[0]:
| The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be
| vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with
| sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key
| generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL
| 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev
| (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0737
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0737
[1] https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20180416.txt

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore