CVE-2024-45192 — Covert Timing Channel in OLM

CWE-385 — Covert Timing Channel5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Matrix OLM
Timeline
PublishedAug 22

Description

An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm through 3.2.16. Cache-timing attacks can occur due to use of base64 when decoding group session keys. This refers to the libolm implementation of Olm. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDmatrix/olm3.2.16

Patches

Patch: gitlab.matrix.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVEList
CVE-2024-45192: An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm through 3↗2024-08-22
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GHSA
GHSA-5qxq-95fv-whxm: An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm (aka Olm) through 3↗2024-08-22
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OSV
CVE-2024-45192: An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm through 3↗2024-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2024-45192: olm - An issue was discovered in Matrix libolm through 3.2.16. Cache-timing attacks ca...↗2024
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