Medium 4.3Published Dec 6, 2010

CVE-2008-7270OpenSSL 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 o…

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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.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-310
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openssl openssl openssl:openssl	through 0.9.8i; 0.9.1c; 0.9.2b; 0.9.3; 0.9.3a; 0.9.4; 0.9.5; 0.9.5; and 53 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=17489
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132077688910227&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/42493	vendor-advisory
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

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