Description
nginx 0.5.6 through 1.7.4, when using the same shared ssl_session_cache or ssl_session_ticket_key for multiple servers, can reuse a cached SSL session for an unrelated context, which allows remote attackers with certain privileges to conduct "virtual host confusion" attacks.
Published: 2014-12-08
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 2.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-55-1 nginx security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3029-1 nginx security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3580 nginx 0.5.6 through 1.7.4, when using the same shared ssl_session_cache or ssl_session_ticket_key for multiple servers, can reuse a cached SSL session for an unrelated context, which allows remote attackers with certain privileges to conduct "virtual host confusion" attacks.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2351-1 nginx vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:17.280Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3616

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-08T11:59:03.390

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3616

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-08-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3616 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses