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CVE-2023-5992 (GCVE-0-2023-5992)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-31 14:05 – Updated: 2025-11-06 21:45
VLAI
Title
Opensc: side-channel leaks while stripping encryption pkcs#1 padding
Summary
A vulnerability was found in OpenSC where PKCS#1 encryption padding removal is not implemented as side-channel resistant. This issue may result in the potential leak of private data.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-02 13:54 UTC
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:0.20.0-8.el8_9 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:0.23.0-4.el9_3 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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Date Public
2023-11-28 00:00
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