Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2001-0856
CVE-2001-0856
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.
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References
4- www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/descrack/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/descrack/attack.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3524nvd
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