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Re:Patch Critical Cryptographic Vulnerability in Microsoft W... by gonnabezuul on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @06:20PM (#22050254)
Interesting. Were there any similar vulnerabilities in Windows XP's crypto libraries?
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Re:Patch Critical Cryptographic Vulnerability in Microsoft W... by tptacek on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @06:26PM (#22050280)
There have been crypto vulnerabilities in Windows libraries before, but not the e=3 vulnerability; CryptoAPI parsed RSA signatures back-to-front, and so sidestepped the issue.
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