CVE-2010-4180
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctlDescription
OpenSSL before 0.9.8q, and 1.0.x before 1.0.0c, when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not properly prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache, which allows remote attackers to force the downgrade to an unintended cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- lists.apple.com
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- marc.info
- marc.info
- marc.info
- slackware.com
- support.apple.com
- ubuntu.com
- debian.org
- kb.cert.org
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securitytracker.com
- oval.cisecurity.org
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