diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/fix-Marvin-attack.txt b/ChangeLog.d/fix-Marvin-attack.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f729304ee --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog.d/fix-Marvin-attack.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Security + * Fix a timing side channel in RSA private operations. This side channel + could be sufficient for a local attacker to recover the plaintext. It + requires the attecker to send a large number of messages for decryption. + For details, see "Everlasting ROBOT: the Marvin Attack", Hubert Kario. + Reported by Hubert Kario, Red Hat.