CVE-2023-6935CWE-203

Marvin Attack vulnerability in SP Math All RSA

Medium · published February 9, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

wolfSSL SP Math All RSA implementation is vulnerable to the Marvin Attack, new variation of a timing Bleichenbacher style attack, when built with the following options to configure:

--enable-all CFLAGS="-DWOLFSSL_STATIC_RSA"

The define “WOLFSSL_STATIC_RSA” enables static RSA cipher suites, which is not recommended, and has been disabled by default since wolfSSL 3.6.6.  Therefore the default build since 3.6.6, even with "--enable-all", is not vulnerable to the Marvin Attack. The vulnerability is specific to static RSA cipher suites, and expected to be padding-independent.

The vulnerability allows an attacker to decrypt ciphertexts and forge signatures after probing with a large number of test observations. However the server’s private key is not exposed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00539 · 44.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-203 · Observable Discrepancy
Published
2024-02-09T22:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 FEB 22:25Z
    Marvin Attack vulnerability in SP Math All RSA
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