CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1446

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2002-08-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-08-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

The error checking routine used for the C_Verify call on a symmetric verification key in the nCipher PKCS#11 library 1.2.0 and later returns the CKR_OK status even when it detects an invalid signature, which could allow remote attackers to modify or forge messages.

Affected configurations

• ncipher pkcs 11 library 1.2.0

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-392 Missing Report of Error Condition weakness
  • CWE-684 Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality weakness

References