CVE-2010-1633
Description
RSA 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openssl | openssl | 1.0.0 | |
References
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19693
- http://cvs.openssl.org/filediff?f=openssl/crypto/rsa/rsa_pmeth.c&v1=1.34&v2=1.34.2.1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57353
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100601.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40503
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1313
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598732
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1633
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.