vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2000-1254: openssl -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 5, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-openssl
Title
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