Vulnerability CVE-2000-1254
Published: 2016-05-04   Modified: 2016-05-05

Description:
crypto/rsa/rsa_gen.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.6 mishandles C bitwise-shift operations that exceed the size of an expression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging improper RSA key generation on 64-bit HP-UX platforms.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Openssl -> Openssl 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=openssl-users&m=95961024500509
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90109
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035750
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=db82b8f9bd432a59aea8e1014694e15fc457c2bb
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