CVE-2007-3108

NameCVE-2007-3108
DescriptionThe BN_from_montgomery function in crypto/bn/bn_mont.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8e and earlier does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow local users to conduct a side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1571-1
Debian Bugs438142, 438180

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openssl (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.0.1t-1+deb8u21fixed
stretch (security)1.1.0l-1~deb9u6fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.1.0l-1~deb9u9fixed
buster1.1.1n-0+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)1.1.1n-0+deb10u6fixed
bullseye1.1.1w-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1.1.1n-0+deb11u5fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm3.0.11-1~deb12u2fixed
trixie3.1.5-1fixed
sid3.1.5-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
opensslsourceetch0.9.8c-4etch3DSA-1571-1
opensslsource(unstable)0.9.8e-6low438142
openssl097source(unstable)(unfixed)438180

Notes

[sarge] - openssl <no-dsa> (Not exploitable in a real-world scenario)
[etch] - openssl097 <no-dsa> (Not exploitable in a real-world scenario)

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