CVE-2005-1797

Description

The design of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), aka Rijndael, allows remote attackers to recover AES keys via timing attacks on S-box lookups, which are difficult to perform in constant time in AES implementations.

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.43%

Vendor Advisory yp.to Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13785	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://cr.yp.to/antiforgery/cachetiming-20050414.pdf	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1797?: CVE-2005-1797 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1797?: To fix CVE-2005-1797, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1797 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-1797 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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