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High · 7.5 CVE-2023-33850 EUVD-2023-38000GHSA-xxxm-cq2q-5v69

IBM GSKit-Crypto information disclosure

Published Aug 22, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by ibm

Description

IBM GSKit-Crypto could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation. By sending an overly large number of trial messages for decryption, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 8.1, 8.2, 9.1 —
IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 —
IBM CICS TX Advanced 10.1, 11.1 —

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
SLES 15 SP5 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLES 15 SP4 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLES 15 SP3 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLES 15 SP2 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLES 12 SP5 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-30.120.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0605-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-30.120.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0605-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 java-1_8_0-ibm 1.8.0_sr8.20-150000.3.86.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0619-1

Advisories 6

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