Crypto++ (aka Cryptopp) 8.6.0 and earlier contains a timing leakage in MakePublicKey(). There is a clear correlation between execution time and private key length, which may cause disclosure of the length information of the private key. This might allow attackers to conduct timing attacks. NOTE: this report is disputed by the vendor and multiple third parties. The execution-time differences are intentional. A user may make a choice of a longer key as a tradeoff between strength and performance. In making this choice, the amount of information leaked to an adversary is of infinitesimal value
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
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Updated: 2024-08-04T03:55:28.758Z
Reserved: 2021-11-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-43398
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-11-04T21:15:09.520
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:29:09.903
Link: CVE-2021-43398
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