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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.
- Products
- openssl
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.9.6-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2000-1254
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2000-1254
openssl
Fixed versions: 0.9.6-1
openssl
Fixed versions: 0.9.6-1
openssl
Fixed versions: 0.9.6-1
Complete source record
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"published_at": "2016-05-05T01:59:00.137+00:00"
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