CVE-2024-3296
MEDIUMRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 - Observable Timing Discrepancy in rust-openssl PKCS#1v1.5 RSA Padding
Title source: llmDescription
A timing-based side-channel flaw exists in the rust-openssl package, which could be sufficient to recover a plaintext across a network in a Bleichenbacher-style attack. To achieve successful decryption, an attacker would have to be able to send a large number of trial messages for decryption. The vulnerability affects the legacy PKCS#1v1.5 RSA encryption padding mode.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269723
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3296
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
32.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-208
Status
published
Products (2)
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Published
Apr 04, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026