CVE-2012-2668 Weak cryptography in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

OpenLDAP with Mozilla NSS ignores configured cipher suites, potentially exposing sensitive data via weak encryption to remote attackers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-2668?

CVE-2012-2668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openldap Openldap, published on 17 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libraries/libldap/tls_m.c in OpenLDAP, possibly 2.4.31 and earlier, when using the Mozilla NSS backend, always uses the default cipher suite even when TLSCipherSuite is set, which might cause OpenLDAP to use weaker ciphers than intended and make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2668?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (24)
openldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers-sql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers-sql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers-sql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2
openldap-servers-sql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:2.4.23-26.el6_3.2

Products include Openldap Openldap.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2668?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2012-2668 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-g25q-m772-8jx8, RHSA-2012:1151.

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