CVE-2009-1603

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1603
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-11 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsrc/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-312 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Application Opensc-project Opensc 0.11.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for opensc - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: mingw32-opensc-0.11.8-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: opensc-0.11.8-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:123 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Fedora update for mingw32-opensc - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: opensc-0.11.8-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
OpenSC 0.11.8 released with security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.opensc-project.org Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenSC: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
OpenSC "pkcs11-tool" RSA Key Generation Security Issue - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
oss-security - OpenSC 0.11.8 released with security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: mingw32-opensc-0.11.8-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Gentoo update for opensc - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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