CVE-2010-1633

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-1633
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-06-03 14:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenSSL 'EVP_PKEY_verify_recover()' Invalid Return Value Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100601.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssl.org
Bug 598732 – CVE-2010-1633 openssl: information leak due to invalid Return value check af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
cvs.openssl.org/filediff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.openssl.org
Security Advisory SA57353 - IBM Storage System DS8870 OpenSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM Security Bulletin: Storage HMC OpenSSL upgrade to address cryptographic vulnerabilities. - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
cvs.openssl.org/chngview af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.openssl.org
OpenSSL Two Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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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