CVE-2009-1603

HIGH 7.5CVE-2009-1603 · Published 11/05/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-1603 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting opensc (opensc-project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
opensc opensc-project	`= 0.11.7`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/35035 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/35293 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/35309 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/36074 · Broken Link
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-01.xml · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2009-May/000025.html · Broken Link
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/08/1 · Mailing List
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1295 · Broken Link
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00095.html · Mailing List
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg00097.html · Mailing List

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

opensc

opensc-project

= 0.11.7

No fix yet

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