CVE-2008-7270 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2008-7270?

CVE-2008-7270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 6 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7270?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-7270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7270, GHSA-2qf2-98wp-cwm9.