Vulnerability CVE-2011-4121


Published: 2019-11-26   Modified: 2019-11-29

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.

Type:

CWE-326

(Inadequate Encryption Strength)

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
Ruby-lang -> RUBY 

 References:
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

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