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CVE-2010-4252
OpenSSL before 1.0.0c, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 8.3%
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- redhat
Description
OpenSSL before 1.0.0c, when J-PAKE is enabled, does not properly validate the public parameters in the J-PAKE protocol, which allows remote attackers to bypass the need for knowledge of the shared secret, and successfully authenticate, by sending crafted values in each round of the protocol.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SSA:2010-340-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19039 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3120 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3122 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=20098 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42469 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSRT100475 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 45163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1024823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBUX02638 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 57353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20101202.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/seb-m/jpake (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659297 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-retrieval.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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