CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-2130

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Published: Dec 06, 2019 | Modified: Dec 18, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A Security Bypass vulnerability exists in PolarSSL 0.99pre4 through 1.1.1 due to a weak encryption error when generating Diffie-Hellman values and RSA keys.

Weakness

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Polarssl Polarssl 1.0.0 (including) 1.1.1 (including)
Polarssl Polarssl 0.99-pre4 (including) 0.99-pre4 (including)
Polarssl Polarssl 0.99-pre5 (including) 0.99-pre5 (including)
Polarssl Ubuntu precise *
Polarssl Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References