5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.013 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.7%
According to its banner, the remote server is running a version of OpenSSL that is earlier than 0.9.7h or 0.9.8a.
If the SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING option is used, a remote attacker could force a client to downgrade to a weaker protocol and implement a man-in-the-middle attack.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(17755);
script_version("1.8");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/16 14:09:14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2969");
script_bugtraq_id(15071);
script_name(english:"OpenSSL < 0.9.7h / 0.9.8a Protocol Version Rollback");
script_summary(english:"Does a banner check");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote server is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the remote server is running a version of
OpenSSL that is earlier than 0.9.7h or 0.9.8a.
If the SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING option is used, a remote attacker
could force a client to downgrade to a weaker protocol and implement a
man-in-the-middle attack.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20051011.txt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.7h / 0.9.8a or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/10/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/10/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/01/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:openssl:openssl");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Web Servers");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("openssl_version.nasl");
script_require_keys("openssl/port");
exit(0);
}
include("openssl_version.inc");
openssl_check_version(fixed:make_list('0.9.7h', '0.9.8a'), severity:SECURITY_WARNING);