National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2946
Original release date:09/16/2005
Last revised:01/07/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The default configuration on OpenSSL before 0.9.8 uses MD5 for creating message digests instead of a more cryptographically strong algorithm, which makes it easier for remote attackers to forge certificates with a valid certificate authority signature.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Red Hat (09/20/2006)
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Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169803
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13593
Type: Advisory
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-179-1
Type: Advisory
