# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108031");
script_version("2026-06-03T07:18:10+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2183", "CVE-2016-6329", "CVE-2020-12872");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-03 07:18:10 +0000 (Wed, 03 Jun 2026)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-07-28 11:27:00 +0000 (Thu, 28 Jul 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-12-22 11:00:00 +0100 (Thu, 22 Dec 2016)");
script_name("SSL/TLS: Report Vulnerable Cipher Suites for HTTPS");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SSL and TLS");
script_dependencies("gb_ssl_tls_ciphers_gathering.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 443);
script_mandatory_keys("ssl_tls/ciphers/supported_ciphers", "ssl_tls/port");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://configurator.tlsref.org/");
# nb: Some of the BSI documents are only available in German and thus no english variants have
# been used here.
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/BSI/Publications/TechGuidelines/TG02102/BSI-TR-02102-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Themen/Oeffentliche-Verwaltung/Mindeststandards/TLS-Protokoll/TLS-Protokoll_node.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikationen/TechnischeRichtlinien/TR03116/BSI-TR-03116-4.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Mindeststandards/Mindeststandard_BSI_TLS_Version_2_4.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20240113175943/https://www.bettercrypto.org");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/algorithms-key-size-and-parameters-report-2014");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sweet32.info");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This routine reports all SSL/TLS cipher suites accepted by a
service where attack vectors exists only on HTTPS services.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks previous collected cipher suites.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"These rules are applied for the evaluation of the vulnerable
cipher suites:
- 64-bit block cipher 3DES vulnerable to the SWEET32 attack (CVE-2016-2183).");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information
or have other, unspecified impacts.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"All services accepting vulnerable SSL/TLS cipher suites via
HTTPS.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The configuration of this services should be changed so
that it does not accept the listed cipher suites anymore.
Please see the references for more resources supporting you with this task.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_app");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("ssl_funcs.inc");
cipherText = "'Vulnerable' cipher suites";
port = http_get_port( default:443, ignore_broken:TRUE, ignore_cgi_disabled:TRUE );
## Exit on non-ssl http port
if( get_port_transport( port ) < ENCAPS_SSLv23 ) exit( 0 );
sup_ssl = tls_get_supported_kb_versions( port:port );
if( ! sup_ssl ) exit( 0 );
if( "SSLv3" >< sup_ssl ) {
sslv3CipherList = tls_get_supported_kb_ciphers( port:port, version:"sslv3" );
if( ! isnull( sslv3CipherList ) ) {
# Sort to not report changes on delta reports if just the order is different
sslv3CipherList = sort( sslv3CipherList );
foreach sslv3Cipher( sslv3CipherList ) {
if( sslv3Cipher =~ "^TLS_.*_3?DES_.*" ) {
sslv3Vuln = TRUE;
sslv3tmpReport += sslv3Cipher + ' (SWEET32)\n';
}
}
if( sslv3Vuln ) {
report += cipherText +' accepted by this service via the SSLv3 protocol:\n\n' + sslv3tmpReport + '\n';
}
}
}
if( "TLSv1.0" >< sup_ssl ) {
tlsv1_0CipherList = tls_get_supported_kb_ciphers( port:port, version:"tlsv1" );
if( ! isnull( tlsv1_0CipherList ) ) {
# Sort to not report changes on delta reports if just the order is different
tlsv1_0CipherList = sort( tlsv1_0CipherList );
foreach tlsv1_0Cipher( tlsv1_0CipherList ) {
if( tlsv1_0Cipher =~ "^TLS_.*_3?DES_.*" ) {
tlsv1_0Vuln = TRUE;
tlsv1_0tmpReport += tlsv1_0Cipher + ' (SWEET32)\n';
}
}
if( tlsv1_0Vuln ) {
report += cipherText + ' accepted by this service via the TLSv1.0 protocol:\n\n' + tlsv1_0tmpReport + '\n';
}
}
}
if( "TLSv1.1" >< sup_ssl ) {
tlsv1_1CipherList = tls_get_supported_kb_ciphers( port:port, version:"tlsv1_1" );
if( ! isnull( tlsv1_1CipherList ) ) {
# Sort to not report changes on delta reports if just the order is different
tlsv1_1CipherList = sort( tlsv1_1CipherList );
foreach tlsv1_1Cipher( tlsv1_1CipherList ) {
if( tlsv1_1Cipher =~ "^TLS_.*_3?DES_.*" ) {
tlsv1_1Vuln = TRUE;
tlsv1_1tmpReport += tlsv1_1Cipher + ' (SWEET32)\n';
}
}
if( tlsv1_1Vuln ) {
report += cipherText + ' accepted by this service via the TLSv1.1 protocol:\n\n' + tlsv1_1tmpReport + '\n';
}
}
}
if( "TLSv1.2" >< sup_ssl ) {
tlsv1_2CipherList = tls_get_supported_kb_ciphers( port:port, version:"tlsv1_2" );
if( ! isnull( tlsv1_2CipherList ) ) {
# Sort to not report changes on delta reports if just the order is different
tlsv1_2CipherList = sort( tlsv1_2CipherList );
foreach tlsv1_2Cipher( tlsv1_2CipherList ) {
if( tlsv1_2Cipher =~ "^TLS_.*_3?DES_.*" ) {
tlsv1_2Vuln = TRUE;
tlsv1_2tmpReport += tlsv1_2Cipher + ' (SWEET32)\n';
}
}
if( tlsv1_2Vuln ) {
report += cipherText + ' accepted by this service via the TLSv1.2 protocol:\n\n' + tlsv1_2tmpReport + '\n';
}
}
}
if( report ) {
# nb:
# - Store the reference from this one to gb_ssl_tls_ciphers_report.nasl to show a cross-reference within the
# reports
# - We don't want to use get_app_* functions as we're only interested in the cross-reference here
register_host_detail( name:"detected_by", value:"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802067" ); # gb_ssl_tls_ciphers_report.nasl
register_host_detail( name:"detected_at", value:port + "/tcp" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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