CVE-2010-1633

Summary

CVECVE-2010-1633
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-06-03 14:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:05:00 UTC
DescriptionRSA verification recovery in the EVP_PKEY_verify_recover function in OpenSSL 1.x before 1.0.0a, as used by pkeyutl and possibly other applications, returns uninitialized memory upon failure, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended key requirements or obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta5 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.0 beta5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA57353 - IBM Storage System DS8870 OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM Security Bulletin: Storage HMC OpenSSL upgrade to address cryptographic vulnerabilities. - United States CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com
cvs.openssl.org/filediff CONFIRM cvs.openssl.org
cvs.openssl.org/chngview CONFIRM cvs.openssl.org
OpenSSL Two Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100601.txt CONFIRM www.openssl.org
OpenSSL 'EVP_PKEY_verify_recover()' Invalid Return Value Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug 598732 – CVE-2010-1633 openssl: information leak due to invalid Return value check CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 390284 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (OVMSA-2023-0013)
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