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.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.78% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1313 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40024 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564
http://cvs.openssl.org/filediff?f=openssl/crypto/rsa/rsa_pmeth.c&v1=1.34&v2=1.34.2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/57353 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598732
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40503 vdb entry
http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=19693
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100601.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1633?
CVE-2010-1633 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1633?
To fix CVE-2010-1633, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-1633 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-1633 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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