CVE-2014-3572 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can downgrade ECDHE to ECDH, compromising forward secrecy in OpenSSL TLS connections.

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

What is CVE-2014-3572?

CVE-2014-3572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 9 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ssl3_get_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote SSL servers to conduct ECDHE-to-ECDH downgrade attacks and trigger a loss of forward secrecy by omitting the ServerKeyExchange message.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3572?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3572?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-3572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Openssl Openssl vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CVE-2015-3572, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3572, GHSA-38r9-r99v-9jf8, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3572.

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