Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2274

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The OpenSSL 3.0.4 release introduced a serious bug in the RSA implementation for X8664 CPUs supporting the AVX512IFMA instructions. This issue makes the RSA...

RHEL 8 : libtpms (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - libtpms: out-of-bounds access when trying to resume the state of the vTPM CVE-2021-3623 - A flaw was foun...

SUSE CVE-2017-7526

libgcrypt before version 1.7.8 is vulnerable to a cache side-channel attack resulting into a complete break of RSA-1024 while using the left-to-right method for computing the sliding-window expansion. The same attack is believed to work on RSA-2048 with moderately more computation. This...

Design/Logic Flaw

A flaw was found in libtpms in versions before 0.8.0. The TPM 2 implementation returns 2048 bit keys with 1984 bit strength due to a bug in the TCG specification. The bug is in the key creation algorithm in RsaAdjustPrimeCandidate, which is called before the prime number check. The highest threat...

Mozilla 1024-Bit Deprecation Leaves 107,000 Sites Untrusted

When Firefox 32 shipped this week, Mozilla also officially ended its support of 1024-bit certificate authority certificates in its trusted store. While it still takes a considerable amount of resources to factor and crack a 1024-bit RSA key, important organizations such as NIST have been advising...

Microsoft Expands Encryption Use in Cloud Services to Thwart Surveillance

In response to the growing set of revelations about the NSA’s surveillance methods and alleged compromise of some large technology vendors’ services, Microsoft is taking a number of steps to try and reassure customers about the integrity of the company’s offerings and to greatly expand the use of...

Google Swapping 1024-bit Keys for 2048-bit Keys

Google announced this week that it has begun upgrading its SSL certificates from 1024-bit keys to 2048-bit keys, a move that should help add an extra layer of security for anyone who uses the search giant’s services. According to a post on Google’s Developers blog by Identity Team member Tim Bray...