# CVE-2018-12434: LibreSSL before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA and ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-15 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

LibreSSL before 2.6.5 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on DSA and ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover a key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.7.4-relnotes.txt
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.6.5-relnotes.txt

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