CVE-2007-3108
LOW · CVSS 1.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The BN_from_montgomery function in crypto/bn/bn_mont.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8e and earlier does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow local users to conduct a side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3100)
- Published
- August 8, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3100 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openssl / openssl
References
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=16275
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- http://openssl.org/news/patch-CVE-2007-3108.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26893
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27078
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27330
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27870
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31467
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31489
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31531
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-06.xml
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-485.htm
- http://www.bluecoat.com/support/securityadvisories/advisory_openssl_rsa_key_reconstruction_vulnerability
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/724968(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/RGII-74KLP3
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:193
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0813.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0964.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476341/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25163(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0013.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2759
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4010
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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