CVE-2009-1603

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 11, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraOpenSC

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (13)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35035
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35293
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35309
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36074
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-01.xml
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:123

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-312

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