# CVE-2013-0169: The TLS protocol 1.1 and 1.2 and the DTLS protocol 1.0 and 1.2, as used in OpenSSL, OpenJDK, PolarSSL, and other products, do not properly c

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2013-02-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The TLS protocol 1.1 and 1.2 and the DTLS protocol 1.0 and 1.2, as used in OpenSSL, OpenJDK, PolarSSL, and other products, do not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a MAC check requirement during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, aka the "Lucky Thirteen" issue.

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## References

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00029.html
- http://www.matrixssl.org/news.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0587.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101366.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-051A.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19016
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55322
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19608
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20130204.txt
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/02/20/security-icedtea-2-1-6-2-2-6-2-3-7-for-openjdk-7-released/
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0084
- http://www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/tls/TLStiming.pdf
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013update-1905892.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00002.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2622
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57778
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/24
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55351
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136396549913849&w=2
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0169
- https://github.com/wearohat/lucky13

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