CVE-2019-1547
Publication date 10 September 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Normally in OpenSSL EC groups always have a co-factor present and this is used in side channel resistant code paths. However, in some cases, it is possible to construct a group using explicit parameters (instead of using a named curve). In those cases it is possible that such a group does not have the cofactor present. This can occur even where all the parameters match a known named curve. If such a curve is used then OpenSSL falls back to non-side channel resistant code paths which may result in full key recovery during an ECDSA signature operation. In order to be vulnerable an attacker would have to have the ability to time the creation of a large number of signatures where explicit parameters with no co-factor present are in use by an application using libcrypto. For the avoidance of doubt libssl is not vulnerable because explicit parameters are never used. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1d (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1c). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0l (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0k). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2t (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2s).
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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edk2 | 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
nodejs | 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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openssl | 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1.1.1d-2ubuntu1
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.1.1-1ubuntu2.1~18.04.6
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.16
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm1
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openssl1.0 | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.4
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16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
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Patch details
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 4.7 · Medium |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4376-1
- OpenSSL vulnerabilities
- 28 May 2020
- USN-4376-2
- OpenSSL vulnerabilities
- 9 July 2020
- USN-4504-1
- OpenSSL vulnerabilities
- 16 September 2020