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.
Published: 2010-12-06
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-7223 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1029-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02253}

epss

{'score': 0.02}


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Openssl Openssl
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Enterprise Web Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:03:36.415Z

Reserved: 2010-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7270

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-12-06T22:30:31.827

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2008-7270

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-7270 - Bugzilla

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