5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-5981
Apache/OpenSSL RSA finite state machine timing side-channel leakage
Description

A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 28, 2023, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-5981 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-5981 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
2 Redhat linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Gnu gnutls
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-5981.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0155
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0319
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0399
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0451
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0533
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1383
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Srinu-rj/spring-food-app

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Dockerfile Roff Java

Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
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Born at : Oct. 7, 2024, 8:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 127 different CVEs too.
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Atamik03/API-calc-dz

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Dockerfile Python HTML

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 26, 2024, 4:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 26 different CVEs too.
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testing-felickz/docker-scout-demo

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Dockerfile Go

Updated: 5 months ago
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Born at : May 29, 2024, 6:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 78 different CVEs too.
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fokypoky/places-list

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asp-net-core csharp docker dockerfile javascript react webapi docker-compose

C# Dockerfile HTML JavaScript CSS

Updated: 6 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 22, 2024, 6:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 383 different CVEs too.
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bartvoet/assignment-ehb-security-review-adamlenez

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HTML

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 14, 2024, 1:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-5981 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-5981 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/3
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GNXKVR5YNUEBNHAHM5GSYKBZX4W2HMN2/
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7ZEIOLORQ7N6WRPFXZSYDL2MC4LP7VFV/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1383 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Feb. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7ZEIOLORQ7N6WRPFXZSYDL2MC4LP7VFV/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0533 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GNXKVR5YNUEBNHAHM5GSYKBZX4W2HMN2/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0399 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0451 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0319 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/3 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0155 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23 No Types Assigned https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-203
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-203
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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-2023-5981 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-5981 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.12 }} 0.02%

score

0.46567

percentile

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