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CVE-2009-3555


The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, mod_ssl in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.14 and earlier, OpenSSL before 0.9.8l, GnuTLS 2.8.5 and earlier, Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.4 and earlier, multiple Cisco products, and other products, does not properly associate renegotiation handshakes with an existing connection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert data into HTTPS sessions, and possibly other types of sessions protected by TLS or SSL, by sending an unauthenticated request that is processed retroactively by a server in a post-renegotiation context, related to a "plaintext injection" attack, aka the "Project Mogul" issue.


Published

2009-11-09T17:30:00.407

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-295

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apache http_server ≤ 2.2.14 Yes
Application gnu gnutls ≤ 2.8.5 Yes
Application mozilla nss ≤ 3.12.4 Yes
Application openssl openssl ≤ 0.9.8k Yes
Application openssl openssl 1.0 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 8.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 8.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 9.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 9.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 10.10 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 4.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 5.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 6.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 11 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 12 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 13 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 14 Yes
Application f5 nginx ≤ 0.8.22 Yes

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