CVE-2013-5915

N/A Unknown

Published: October 04, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The RSA-CRT implementation in PolarSSL before 1.2.9 does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/118758.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119014.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119018.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/98049

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/55084

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2782

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62771

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2013-05

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/118758.html