ubuntu · CVE-2016-6489

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Priority: medium Published: 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:08:06 UTC

View at Official ubuntu advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail

Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2016-6489 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nettle), 7 status rows across 7 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1.

Description:

The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.

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