CVE-2011-4121

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4121
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-26 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-30 14:44:00 UTC
DescriptionThe OpenSSL extension of Ruby (Git trunk) versions after 2011-09-01 up to 2011-11-03 always generated an exponent value of '1' to be used for private RSA key generation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass or corrupt integrity of services, depending on strong private RSA keys generation mechanism.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-326

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2013-2228 : Salt Stack RSA exponent of 1 (there can be only one! da-na-naaah! na-na-na-naahh-nah-nahhh!) MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-4121 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-4121 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
751800 – (CVE-2011-4121) CVE-2011-4121 ruby (openssl extension): Insecure way of creation exponent value by private RSA key generation MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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