CVE-2009-1603 (GCVE-0-2009-1603)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-05-11 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:20
VLAI
Summary
src/tools/pkcs11-tool.c in pkcs11-tool in OpenSC 0.11.7, when used with unspecified third-party PKCS#11 modules, generates RSA keys with incorrect public exponents, which allows attackers to read the cleartext form of messages that were intended to be encrypted.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/08/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/35035 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-an… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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Date Public
2009-05-08 00:00
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}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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