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CVE-2010-4252 Detail

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=20098 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129916880600544&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497251507577&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20101202.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://seb.dbzteam.org/crypto/jpake-session-key-retrieval.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42469 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/57353 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024823 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.668471 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45163 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3120 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3122 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://github.com/seb-m/jpake CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19039 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-287 Improper Authentication cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4252
NVD Published Date:
12/06/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.