CVE-2008-7270

Published Dec 6, 2010

Last updated 13 years ago

Overview

Description
OpenSSL before 0.9.8j, 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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-310

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