CVE-2009-1603

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-312

Description

src/tools/pkcs11-tool.c in pkcs11-tool in OpenSC 0.11.7, when used with unspecified third-party PKCS#11 modules, generates RSA keys with incorrect public exponents, which allows attackers to read the cleartext form of messages that were intended to be encrypted.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 9, 10, 11
Opensc-Project Opensc: 0.11.7

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35035
http://secunia.com/advisories/35293
http://secunia.com/advisories/35309
http://secunia.com/advisories/36074
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-01.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:123
http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2009-May/000025.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/08/1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1295
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00095.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00097.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01420.html

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