CVE-2007-6755 (GCVE-0-2007-6755)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-11 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:18
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Summary
The NIST SP 800-90A default statement of the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm contains point Q constants with a possible relationship to certain "skeleton key" values, which might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of those values. NOTE: this is a preliminary CVE for Dual_EC_DRBG; future research may provide additional details about point Q and associated attacks, and could potentially lead to a RECAST or REJECT of this CVE.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
oracle CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 69/100 over 3980 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2007-08-21 00:00
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