CVE-2011-4354

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-11-24
Bugzilla:
757909: CVE-2011-4354 openssl: ECC private leak (disclosure of TLS server's private key)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

crypto/bn/bn_nist.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8h on 32-bit platforms, as used in stunnel and other products, in certain circumstances involving ECDH or ECDHE cipher suites, uses an incorrect modular reduction algorithm in its implementation of the P-256 and P-384 NIST elliptic curves, which allows remote attackers to obtain the private key of a TLS server via multiple handshake attempts.

Find out more about CVE-2011-4354 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, or 6 as they did not include support for the ECDH or ECDHE ciphers.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl098e Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl097a Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 openssl096b Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 openssl Not affected

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