Cryptographic Issues Affecting openssl package, versions [,0.9.8j)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSL-2318739
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed6 Dec 2010
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Dec 2010

CVE-2008-7270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 0.9.8j or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues. When SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache, which allows remote attackers to force the use of a disabled cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4180.

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