CVE-2012-2130 Weak cryptography in polarssl

What is CVE-2012-2130?

CVE-2012-2130 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Security Bypass vulnerability exists in PolarSSL 0.99pre4 through 1.1.1 due to a weak encryption error when generating Diffie-Hellman values and RSA keys.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2130?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Polarssl Polarssl.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2130?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2130 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-2130 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2130 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 GHSA-75jp-83j7-2672.