CVE-2001-0856

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Published Nov 22, 2001 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) in IBM 4758 allows an attacker with physical access to the system and Combine_Key_Parts permissions, to steal DES and 3DES keys by using a brute force attack to create a 3DES exporter key.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:ibm:4758:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0839	Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) in IBM 4758 allows an attacker with physical access to the system and Combine_Key_Parts permissions, to steal DES and 3DES keys by using a brute force attack to create a 3DES exporter key.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.468% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100533053219673&w=2
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/descrack/
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/descrack/attack.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3524

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm 4758

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:37 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 22, 2001, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:37 AM
Reserved: Nov 22, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 6, 2001, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

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