CVE-2023-33855

Under certain conditions, RSA operations performed by IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) 7.0.0 through 7.5.36 may exhibit non-constant-time behavior. This could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information using a timing-based attack. IBM X-Force ID: 257676.

CVSS v3 3.7 LOW

3.7^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257676	Third Party Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7145168	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257676	Third Party Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7145168	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:common_cryptographic_architecture:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:i:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-03-26 14:15

Updated : 2025-07-25 21:09

NVD link : CVE-2023-33855

Mitre link : CVE-2023-33855

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-33855

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

ibm

aix
i
common_cryptographic_architecture

CWE

CWE-385

Covert Timing Channel

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