CVE-2011-4121 Information

Description

The OpenSSL extension of Ruby (Git trunk) versions after 2011-09-01 up to 2011-11-03 always generated an exponent value of ‘1’ to be used for private RSA key generation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass or corrupt integrity of services depending on strong private RSA keys generation mechanism.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/01/1 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4121 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4121 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4121

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8