CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-33850

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.86%

54th percentile - higher than 54% of all known CVEs

Summary

IBM GSKit-Crypto could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an overly large number of trial messages for decryption.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to the disclosure of sensitive data, which could lead to serious legal and reputational consequences.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update IBM GSKit-Crypto to the latest version and to monitor and limit the number of decryption attempts in the system.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

IBM GSKit-Crypto could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation. By sending an overly large number of trial messages for decryption, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS