CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2005-2700
HIGHEPSS 98th pctl10.0
CVSS v2
Description
ssl_engine_kernel.c in mod_ssl before 2.8.24, when using "SSLVerifyClient optional" in the global virtual host configuration, does not properly enforce "SSLVerifyClient require" in a per-location context, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
30.58%probability of exploitation in 30 days
98thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://marc.info/?l=apache-modssl&m=112569517603897&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112604765028607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112870296926652&w=2
- http://people.apache.org/~jorton/CAN-2005-2700.diff
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16705
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16743
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16748
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16753
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16771
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16956
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17088
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17311
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17813
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19072
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21848
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22523
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102197-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102198-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-805
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-807
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-12.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744929
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:161
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_51_apache2.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_52_apache2.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/19188
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-608.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-773.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-816.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14721
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-177-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1625
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0789
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4207
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3117
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=167195
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/117bc3f09847ebf020b1bb70301ebcc105ddc446856150b63f37f8eb%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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