debian · CVE-2018-12437

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:59:54 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-12437 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libtomcrypt), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

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