5.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-10846
GnuTLS Cache-Based Side Channel Plain Text Recovery
Description

A cache-based side channel in GnuTLS implementation that leads to plain text recovery in cross-VM attack setting was found. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe attack in combination with Lucky-13 attack to recover plain text using crafted packets.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 22, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 4:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-10846 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Gnu gnutls

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-10846 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A cache-based side channel attack was found in the way GnuTLS implements CBC-mode cipher suites. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe and Lucky-13 attacks to recover plain text in a cross-VM attack scenario. A cache-based side channel in GnuTLS implementation that leads to plain text recovery in cross-VM attack setting was found. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe attack in combination with Lucky-13 attack to recover plain text using crafted packets.
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10846 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582574 [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-385
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A cache-based side channel in GnuTLS implementation that leads to plain text recovery in cross-VM attack setting was found. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe attack in combination with Lucky-13 attack to recover plain text using crafted packets. A cache-based side channel attack was found in the way GnuTLS implements CBC-mode cipher suites. An attacker could use a combination of "Just in Time" Prime+probe and Lucky-13 attacks to recover plain text in a cross-VM attack scenario.
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/ [Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/ [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10846 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582574 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-385
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-385 / CWE from CNA not within 1003 View
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3999-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3999-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.6.12
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ILMOWPKMTZAIMK5F32TUMO34XCABUCFJ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WDYY3R4F5CUTFAMXH2C5NKYFVDEJLTT7/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-385
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-310 CWE-310 CWE-327
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3999-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00022.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3050 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3050 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105138 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105138 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10846 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10846 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/747 No Types Assigned https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/747 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/merge_requests/657 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/merge_requests/657 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00022.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00022.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-310
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00022.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3050 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105138 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-10846 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.17594

percentile

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