ubuntu · CVE-2011-4121

Quick triage

Priority: high Published: 2019-11-26 05:15:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 20:18:39 UTC

View at Official ubuntu advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail

Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2011-4121 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ruby1.9.1), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 4, DNE 1, needs-triage 1.

Description:

The OpenSSL extension of Ruby (Git trunk) versions after 2011-09-01 up to 2011-11-03 always generated an exponent value of '1' to be used for private RSA key generation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass or corrupt integrity of services, depending on strong private RSA keys generation mechanism.

cvelogic Threat Intelligence