Vulnerability CVE-2005-1600
Published: 2005-05-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
A "mathematical flaw" in the implementation of the El Gamal signature algorithm for LibTomCrypt 1.0 to 1.0.2 allows attackers to generate valid signatures without having the private key.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Libtomcrypt -> Libtomcrypt 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/20455
http://www.securityfocus.org/archive/1/397649
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13473
http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5JP092AFPG.html
http://www.osvdb.org/16188
http://secunia.com/advisories/15233
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