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CVE-2022-4304

Timing Oracle in RSA Decryption

Severity Score

5.9
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A timing based side channel exists in the OpenSSL RSA Decryption implementation
which could be sufficient to recover a plaintext across a network in a
Bleichenbacher style attack. To achieve a successful decryption an attacker
would have to be able to send a very large number of trial messages for
decryption. The vulnerability affects all RSA padding modes: PKCS#1 v1.5,
RSA-OEAP and RSASVE.

For example, in a TLS connection, RSA is commonly used by a client to send an
encrypted pre-master secret to the server. An attacker that had observed a
genuine connection between a client and a server could use this flaw to send
trial messages to the server and record the time taken to process them. After a
sufficiently large number of messages the attacker could recover the pre-master
secret used for the original connection and thus be able to decrypt the
application data sent over that connection.

A timing-based side channel exists in the OpenSSL RSA Decryption implementation, which could be sufficient to recover a ciphertext across a network in a Bleichenbacher style attack. To achieve a successful decryption, an attacker would have to be able to send a very large number of trial messages for decryption. This issue affects all RSA padding modes: PKCS#1 v1.5, RSA-OEAP, and RSASVE.

*Credits: Hubert Kario from RedHat, Dmitry Belyavsky from RedHat, Hubert Kario from RedHat
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-12-06 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-02-07 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-31 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-203: Observable Discrepancy
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Openssl
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Openssl
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>= 1.0.2 < 1.0.2zg
Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version " >= 1.0.2 < 1.0.2zg"
-
Affected
Openssl
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Openssl
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>= 1.1.1 < 1.1.1t
Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version " >= 1.1.1 < 1.1.1t"
-
Affected
Openssl
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Openssl
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>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.8
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-
Affected
Stormshield
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Endpoint Security
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< 7.2.40
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-
Affected
Stormshield
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Sslvpn
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< 3.2.1
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-
Affected
Stormshield
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Stormshield Network Security
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>= 2.7.0 < 2.7.11
Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security" and version " >= 2.7.0 < 2.7.11"
-
Affected
Stormshield
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Stormshield Network Security
Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security"
>= 2.8.0 < 3.7.34
Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security" and version " >= 2.8.0 < 3.7.34"
-
Affected
Stormshield
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Stormshield Network Security
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>= 3.8.0 < 3.11.22
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Affected
Stormshield
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Stormshield Network Security
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>= 4.0.0 < 4.3.16
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Affected
Stormshield
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Stormshield Network Security
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>= 4.4.0 < 4.6.3
Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security" and version " >= 4.4.0 < 4.6.3"
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Affected