Public vulnerability disclosure
CVE-2023-5981
Gnutls: timing side-channel in the rsa-psk authentication
publishedCWE-208
A vulnerability was found that the response times to malformed ciphertexts in RSA-PSK ClientKeyExchange differ from response times of ciphertexts with correct PKCS#1 v1.5 padding.
Technical severity5.9 mediumCVSS 3.1 · CNA: redhat
Published2023-11-28Source updated 2026-11-05
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources
Fixes and workarounds
Workaround
To address the issue found upgrade to GnuTLS 3.8.2 or later versions.
Source: CNA: redhatAffected products and versions
| Product | Versions | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat gnutls
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ |
≥ 0:3.6.16-8.el8_9; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Red Hat gnutls
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ |
≥ 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.2; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Red Hat gnutls
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ |
≥ 0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.1; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat gnutls
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ |
≥ 0:3.7.6-23.el9_3.3; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Red Hat gnutls
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ |
≥ 0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.1; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/cephcsi-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-37; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/mcg-core-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-68; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/mcg-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-39; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/ocs-client-console-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-58; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/ocs-client-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/ocs-client-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-13; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/ocs-metrics-exporter-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-81; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/ocs-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/ocs-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-79; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-cli-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-22; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-console-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-57; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-cosi-sidecar-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-6; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-csi-addons-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-csi-addons-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-15; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-csi-addons-sidecar-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-15; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-multicluster-console-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-54; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-multicluster-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-10; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-must-gather-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-26; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odf-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-19; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odr-cluster-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odr-hub-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-158; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/odr-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-21; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHODF-4.15-RHEL-9 Red Hat odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v4.15.0-103; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/cluster-logging-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-22; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/cluster-logging-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-11; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v6.8.1-407; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/elasticsearch-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-19; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v1.0.0-479; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-7; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/eventrouter-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v0.4.0-247; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/fluentd-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-5; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/log-file-metric-exporter-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v1.1.0-227; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/logging-curator5-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.1-470; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v2.9.6-14; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-2; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/loki-operator-bundle
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-24; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/loki-rhel9-operator
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v5.8.6-10; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/lokistack-gateway-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v0.1.0-525; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/opa-openshift-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v0.1.0-224; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| RHOL-5.8-RHEL-9 Red Hat openshift-logging/vector-rhel9
https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/ |
≥ v0.28.1-56; < * (unaffected, rpm)
Other versions: affected |
CNA: redhat |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat gnutls
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ |
Range not reported
Other versions: unknown |
CNA: redhat |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat gnutls
https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ |
Range not reported
Other versions: unknown |
CNA: redhat |
| SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Siemens |
≥ V3.1.0; < V3.1.5 (affected, custom)
Other versions: unknown |
ADP: siemens-SADP |
| SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP Siemens |
≥ V3.1.0; < V3.1.5 (affected, custom)
Other versions: unknown |
ADP: siemens-SADP |
| SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Siemens |
≥ V3.1.0; < V3.1.5 (affected, custom)
Other versions: unknown |
ADP: siemens-SADP |
Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.
CVSS assessments
| Version / score | Vector | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1 / 5.9 medium |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CNA: redhat |
Exploit evidence
No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0155CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0319CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0399CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0451CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0533CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1383CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981CNA: redhat · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445CNA: redhat · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23CNA: redhat
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/3ADP: CVE · x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0155ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0319ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0399ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0451ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0533ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1383ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2094ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5981ADP: CVE · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248445ADP: CVE · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- https://gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2023-10-23ADP: CVE · x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7ZEIOLORQ7N6WRPFXZSYDL2MC4LP7VFV/ADP: CVE · x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GNXKVR5YNUEBNHAHM5GSYKBZX4W2HMN2/ADP: CVE · x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00016.htmlADP: CVE
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.htmlADP: siemens-SADP
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