CVE-2009-1603

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    CVE-2009-1603

    Published: 11 May 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: src/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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/35035, http://secunia.com/advisories/35293, http://secunia.com/advisories/35309, http://secunia.com/advisories/36074, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-01.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:123, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1295, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/08/1, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00095.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00097.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01420.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01432.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/08/1, http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2009-May/000025.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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