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CVE-2004-2761

The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm is not collision resistant, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct spoofing attacks, as demonstrated by attacks on the use of MD5 in the signature algorithm of an X.509 certificate.

Published

2009-01-05T20:30:02.140

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ietf	md5	-	Yes
Application	ietf	x.509_certificate	-	No

References

http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/12/30/md5-weaknesses-could-lead-to-certificate-forgery/ ([email protected])
http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/12/30/information-regarding-md5-collisions-problem.aspx ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33826 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34281 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42181 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4866 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024697 ([email protected])
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a5d24a.html ([email protected])
http://www.doxpara.com/research/md5/md5_someday.pdf ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836068 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961509.mspx Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.phreedom.org/research/rogue-ca/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499685/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33065 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-740-1 ([email protected])
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/SoftIntCodeSign/ ([email protected])
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/ ([email protected])
https://blogs.verisign.com/ssl-blog/2008/12/on_md5_vulnerabilities_and_mit.php ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648886 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05289935 ([email protected])
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05336888 ([email protected])
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02 ([email protected])
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0837.html ([email protected])
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0838.html ([email protected])
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03814en_us ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00096.html ([email protected])
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/12/30/md5-weaknesses-could-lead-to-certificate-forgery/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/12/30/information-regarding-md5-collisions-problem.aspx (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33826 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34281 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42181 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4866 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024697 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a0080a5d24a.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.doxpara.com/research/md5/md5_someday.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836068 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961509.mspx Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.phreedom.org/research/rogue-ca/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499685/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33065 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-740-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/SoftIntCodeSign/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blogs.verisign.com/ssl-blog/2008/12/on_md5_vulnerabilities_and_mit.php (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648886 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05289935 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05336888 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0837.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0838.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03814en_us (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00096.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)