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High · 7.5 CVE-2023-50781 EUVD-2024-0587GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6xPYSEC-2026-1595

M2crypto: bleichenbacher timing attacks in the rsa decryption api - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25657

Published Feb 5, 2024 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in m2crypto. This issue may allow a remote attacker to decrypt captured messages in TLS servers that use RSA key exchanges, which may lead to exposure of confidential or sensitive data.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— m2crypto — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers — —
Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 — —

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 13 m2crypto 0.40.1-3 —
Debian 12 m2crypto No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS m2crypto No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 m2crypto No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS m2crypto No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS m2crypto No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS m2crypto No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS m2crypto No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS m2crypto No fix yet —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS m2crypto No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 m2crypto No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI m2crypto <= 0.40.1 — GHSA-944j-8ch6-rf6x

Advisories 2

References