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Changes between 1.0.2p and 1.0.2q [xx XXX xxxx]
+ *) Microarchitecture timing vulnerability in ECC scalar multiplication
+
+ OpenSSL ECC scalar multiplication, used in e.g. ECDSA and ECDH, has been
+ shown to be vulnerable to a microarchitecture timing side channel attack.
+ An attacker with sufficient access to mount local timing attacks during
+ ECDSA signature generation could recover the private key.
+
+ This issue was reported to OpenSSL on 26th October 2018 by Alejandro
+ Cabrera Aldaya, Billy Brumley, Sohaib ul Hassan, Cesar Pereida Garcia and
+ Nicola Tuveri.
+ (CVE-2018-5407)
+ [Billy Brumley]
+
*) Resolve a compatibility issue in EC_GROUP handling with the FIPS Object
Module, accidentally introduced while backporting security fixes from the
development branch and hindering the use of ECC in FIPS mode.