A vulnerability has been found in OpenSSL up to 0.5.18 (Network Encryption Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component QAT. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a key management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-320. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The RSA-CRT implementation in the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) Engine for OpenSSL versions prior to 0.5.19 may allow remote attackers to obtain private RSA keys by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack.

The bug was discovered 03/07/2017. The weakness was presented 03/07/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at security-center.intel.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-5681 since 02/01/2017. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.5.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Network Encryption Software

Name

• OpenSSL

Version

• 0.5.0
• 0.5.1
• 0.5.2
• 0.5.3
• 0.5.4
• 0.5.5
• 0.5.6
• 0.5.7
• 0.5.8
• 0.5.9
• 0.5.10
• 0.5.11
• 0.5.12
• 0.5.13
• 0.5.14
• 0.5.15
• 0.5.16
• 0.5.17
• 0.5.18

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• open-source

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• end of life (old version)

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