ubuntu-cve-2023-6258
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-01-30 17:15
Modified
2025-07-16 05:09
Summary
Details

A security vulnerability has been identified in the pkcs11-provider, which is associated with Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS#11). If exploited successfully, this vulnerability could result in a Bleichenbacher-like security flaw, potentially enabling a side-channel attack on PKCS#1 1.5 decryption.

Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "pkcs11-provider",
            "binary_version": "0.3-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "pkcs11-provider-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.3-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "pkcs11-provider",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pkcs11-provider@0.3-1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.3-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.2+g20231107-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A security vulnerability has been identified in the pkcs11-provider, which is associated with Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS#11). If exploited successfully, this vulnerability could result in a Bleichenbacher-like security flaw, potentially enabling a side-channel attack on PKCS#1 1.5 decryption.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6258",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T05:09:04Z",
  "published": "2024-01-30T17:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6258"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251062"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/latchset/pkcs11-provider/pull/308"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/latchset/pkcs11-provider/commit/de52d24c1b4b0bdc3a49a23db0f3231e209c3c68"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6258"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-6258"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:54:14Z"
}



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