Gentoo: mod_ssl timing based attack vulnerability
Researchers have discovered a timing attack on RSA keys, to which OpenSSL is generally vulnerable, unless RSA blinding has been turned on.
Summary
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- From advisory:
"Researchers have discovered a timing attack on RSA keys, to which OpenSSL is generally vulnerable, unless RSA blinding has been turned on."
Read the full advisory at openssl
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-www/mod_ssl upgrade to mod_ssl-2.8.14 as follows:
emerge sync emerge mod_ssl emerge clean
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2.8.14
Resolution
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Severity
PACKAGE : mod_ssl
SUMMARY : timing based attack
DATE : 2003-03-25 10:14 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <2.8.14 : fixed version>=2.8.14
CVE : CAN-2003-0147
Background
