CVE-2000-1254
openssl: Mishandling C bitwise-shift operations making easier to bypass protection mechanisms
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · June 1, 2000
Updated · August 5, 2026
Description
crypto/rsa/rsa_gen.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.6 mishandles C bitwise-shift operations that exceed the size of an expression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging improper RSA key generation on 64-bit HP-UX platforms.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified