CVE-2009-1603 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1603?

CVE-2009-1603 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 May 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1603?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensc-Project Opensc.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1603?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-1603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1603, GHSA-8772-675x-8fvx.