# CVE-2024-1543: AES T-Table sub-cache-line leakage

- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-29 · Updated: 2024-08-30

## Affected

- wolfSSL: through 5.6.5

## Description

The side-channel protected T-Table implementation in wolfSSL up to version 5.6.5 protects against a side-channel attacker with cache-line resolution. In a controlled environment such as Intel SGX, an attacker can gain a per instruction sub-cache-line resolution allowing them to break the cache-line-level protection. For details on the attack refer to: https://doi.org/10.46586/tches.v2024.i1.457-500

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/blob/master/ChangeLog.md#wolfssl-release-566-dec-19-2023

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