7.5High
Redhat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2023-50781
A flaw was found in m2crypto. This issue may allow a remote attacker to decrypt captured messages in TLS servers that use RSA key exchanges, which may lead to exposure of confidential or sensitive data.
What this means for your business
- It affects Redhat Enterprise Linux. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Redhat Enterprise Linux, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-203
- Assigned by
- secalert@redhat.com
Dates
- Published
- 2024-02-05
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Redhat Enterprise Linux8.0, 9.0
- Redhat Update Infrastructure4
- M2crypto Project M2crypto- 0.40.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.