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Unscored CVE-2018-0737 EUVD-2018-1547GHSA-rj52-j648-hww8

Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation

Published Apr 16, 2018 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by openssl

Description

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenSSL OpenSSL Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h), Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o) —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openssl 1.1.0h-3 —
Debian 13 openssl 1.1.0h-3 —
Debian 12 openssl 1.1.0h-3 —
Debian 9 openssl 1.1.0j-1~deb9u1 DSA-4348-1
Debian 9 openssl1.0 1.0.2q-1~deb9u1 DSA-4355-1
Debian 8 openssl 1.0.1t-1+deb8u9 DLA-1449-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS openssl 1.1.0g-2ubuntu4.1 USN-3692-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS openssl1.0 1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.1 USN-3692-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS openssl 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.13 USN-3692-1, USN-3628-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.26 USN-3692-1, USN-3628-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7 openssl +4 1:1.0.2k-16.el7 RHSA-2018:3221
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-apr +1 1.6.3-63.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-apr-util +8 1.6.1-48.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-brotli +1 1.0.6-7.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-curl +2 7.64.1-14.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-httpd +7 2.4.37-33.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-jansson +1 2.11-20.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native 1.3.12-9.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk +2 1.2.46-22.redhat_1.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_security 2.9.2-16.GA.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-mod_ssl +1 1:2.4.37-33.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2 +1 1.39.2-4.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 jbcs-httpd24-openssl +4 1:1.1.1-25.jbcs.el6 RHSA-2019:3933, RHSA-2019:3932
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2p-3.8.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2965-1
SLES 15 openssl-1_1 1.1.0i-4.18.1 SUSE-SU-2019:0197-1
SLES 12 SP3 compat-openssl098 0.9.8j-106.6.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2683-1
SLES 12 SP3 openssl 1.0.2j-60.39.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2928-1
SLES 12 SP2 openssl 1.0.2j-60.39.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2928-2, SUSE-SU-2018:2928-1
SLES 12 SP1 openssl 1.0.1i-54.17.1 SUSE-SU-2018:3864-1, SUSE-SU-2018:2492-1
SLES 12 compat-openssl098 0.9.8j-106.6.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2683-1
SLES 12 openssl 1.0.1i-27.34.1 SUSE-SU-2019:1553-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 11 SP4 openssl 0.9.8j-0.106.15.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2486-1
SLES 11 openssl1 1.0.1g-0.58.12.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2545-1
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 openssl 0.9.8j-0.106.15.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2486-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 compat-openssl098 0.9.8j-106.6.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2683-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 openssl 1.0.2j-60.39.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2928-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 compat-openssl098 0.9.8j-106.6.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2683-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 openssl 1.0.2j-60.39.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2928-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 compat-openssl098 0.9.8j-106.6.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2683-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 openssl 1.0.1i-54.17.1 SUSE-SU-2018:3864-2, SUSE-SU-2018:2492-1
SLES for SAP 11 SP4 openssl 0.9.8j-0.106.15.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2486-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openssl 1.0.2j-60.39.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2928-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 openssl 1.0.2j-60.39.1 SUSE-SU-2018:2928-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed openssl-1_0_0 1.0.2u-6.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:11126-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed openssl-1_1 1.1.1l-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 openssl-1_1 1.1.0i-lp150.3.18.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:0152-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.8 openssl 1.0.2o-r2 —
Alpine v3.7 openssl 1.0.2o-r1 —
Alpine v3.6 openssl 1.0.2o-r1 —
Alpine v3.5 openssl 1.0.2o-r1 —
Alpine v3.4 openssl 1.0.2o-r2 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.3 openssl 1.0.2o-r1 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 openssl +4 1:1.0.2k-12.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2018-1004

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 7 openssl +4 1:1.0.2k-12.0.3.el7 ELSA-2018-4249, ELSA-2018-3221

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