Vulnerability in Openssl

CVE-2003-0131

The SSL and TLS components for OpenSSL 0.9.6i and earlier, 0.9.7, and 0.9.7a allow remote attackers to perform an unauthorized RSA private key operation via a modified Bleichenbacher attack that uses a large number of SSL or TLS connections using PKCS #1 v1.5 padding that cause OpenSSL to leak information regarding the relationship between ciphertext and the associated plaintext, aka the "Klima-Pokorny-Rosa attack."

EPSS: 0.063 (92.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Openssl — versions 0.9.6, 0.9.6a, 0.9.6b
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2003-0131?
CVE-2003-0131 is a vulnerability in Openssl. Published 2003-03-24.
Is CVE-2003-0131 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.