Re: When is broken crypto a vulnerability?

[cve-assign () mitre org]

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> > It's not completely clear what you mean. If it were a logic error in
> > the code, e.g., menu choice 2 of "AES encryption" is selected but the
> > code calls the function intended for menu choice 1 of "standard
> > encryption," then a CVE could be assigned to the specific codebase
> > that has that logic error.

> Yes, that's exactly what I meant.
> One product, it's already disclosed to the vendor and I will publish
> details shortly. So we agree this one gets a CVE.

This logic error issue was assigned CVE-2014-2319.

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