CVE-2014-0224 Weak cryptography in n/a

High 7.4 Published Updated

Man-in-the-middle attackers can hijack sessions or read sensitive data by forcing the use of a zero-length master key during TLS handshakes.

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

What is CVE-2014-0224?

CVE-2014-0224 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 5 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h does not properly restrict processing of ChangeCipherSpec messages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of a zero-length master key in certain OpenSSL-to-OpenSSL communications, and consequently hijack sessions or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted TLS handshake, aka the "CCS Injection" vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0224?

It affects 16 products.

Linux distribution packages (40)
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl097a Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1
openssl097a-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-27.el5_10.3
openssl097a Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1
openssl097a-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.9.7a-12.el5_10.1
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions0:0.9.8e-18.el6_5.2
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenodeAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenodeAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::serverAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl098e Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstationAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl098e-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstationAll versions0:0.9.8e-29.el7_0.2
openssl Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl-devel Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl-perl Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl-devel Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl-perl Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:0.9.7a-43.22.el4
openssl Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.9All versions0:0.9.8e-26.el5_9.4
openssl-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:5.9All versions0:0.9.8e-26.el5_9.4

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Filezilla-Project Filezilla Server, Mariadb Mariadb, Nodejs Node.js, Openssl Openssl, Opensuse Opensuse and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0224?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-0224 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-0224 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 5 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0224, GHSA-84gm-v5wh-659w, RHSA-2014:0624, RHSA-2014:0626, RHSA-2014:0627, RHSA-2014:0680 and 1 more.

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