CVE-2005-1600 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A "mathematical flaw" in the implementation of the El Gamal signature algorithm for LibTomCrypt 1.0 to 1.0.2 allows attackers to generate valid signatures without having the private key.

Published: 2005-05-16

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:libtomcrypt:libtomcrypt:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:libtomcrypt:libtomcrypt:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:libtomcrypt:libtomcrypt:1.0.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1603	A "mathematical flaw" in the implementation of the El Gamal signature algorithm for LibTomCrypt 1.0 to 1.0.2 allows attackers to generate valid signatures without having the private key.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00866.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/15233
http://www.osvdb.org/16188
http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5JP092AFPG.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13473
http://www.securityfocus.org/archive/1/397649
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20455

History

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Subscriptions

Libtomcrypt Libtomcrypt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:59:23.080Z

Reserved: 2005-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1600

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1600

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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