CVE-2008-7270 Information

Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8j when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled does not prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache which allows remote attackers to force the use of a disabled cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4180.

Reference

http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=17489 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132077688910227&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/42493 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1029-1 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0977.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0978.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0896.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522176 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45254 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659462