CVE-2008-7270

Publication date 6 December 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openssl 10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Fixed 0.9.8g-16ubuntu3.5
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.13
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.14

Notes

jdstrand

per sbeattie, “the same fix for CVE-2010-4180 that’s backported will fix it, as the whole SL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG block gets ifdef’d out”

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1029-1
    • OpenSSL vulnerabilities
    • 8 December 2010

Other references