CVE-2009-3555

CVE Details

Release Date:2009-11-09

Description


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.

See more information about CVE-2009-3555 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 5.8 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (httpd)ELSA-2009-15792009-11-11
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (openssl)ELSA-2010-01632010-03-25
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (gnutls)ELSA-2010-01672010-03-25
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (httpd)ELSA-2009-15802009-11-11
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nspr)ELSA-2010-01652010-03-25
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nss)ELSA-2010-01652010-03-25
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (openssl)ELSA-2010-01632010-03-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (gnutls)ELSA-2010-01662010-03-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (httpd)ELSA-2009-15792009-11-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)ELSA-2010-03392010-04-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)ELSA-2010-07682010-10-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)ELSA-2010-01652010-03-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)ELSA-2010-01652010-03-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (openssl)ELSA-2010-01622010-03-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (openssl097a)ELSA-2010-01642010-03-25



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