# CVE-2010-4180: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can force TLS cipher downgrades by exploiting session cache flaws when a specific compatibility option is enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4180, GHSA-hvp6-pw37-63wh, RHSA-2010:0979

## What is CVE-2010-4180?

CVE-2010-4180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, 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 0.9.8q, 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4180?

It affects 9 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `openssl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-perl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-static` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-perl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-static` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-perl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-static` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-devel` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-perl` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |
| `openssl-static` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.0-4.el6_0.2 |

Products: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, F5 Nginx, Fedoraproject Fedora, Openssl Openssl, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-4180?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2010-4180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4180 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-4180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4180/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4180/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4180
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4180
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4180

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4180/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.