ubuntu · CVE-2016-2178

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Priority: low Published: 2016-06-19 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 21:56:50 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-2178 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openssl, openssl098), 22 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 10, DNE 9, ignored 2, needs-triage 1.

Description:

The dsa_sign_setup function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.2h does not properly ensure the use of constant-time operations, which makes it easier for local users to discover a DSA private key via a timing side-channel attack.

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