# CVE-2019-14317: wolfSSL and wolfCrypt 4.1.0 and earlier (formerly known as CyaSSL) generate biased DSA nonces.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-12-11 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

wolfSSL and wolfCrypt 4.1.0 and earlier (formerly known as CyaSSL) generate biased DSA nonces. This allows a remote attacker to compute the long term private key from several hundred DSA signatures via a lattice attack. The issue occurs because dsa.c fixes two bits of the generated nonces.

## 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://www.wolfssl.com/docs/security-vulnerabilities/

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