CVE-2005-2969

EPSS 9.4%

openssl - cryptographic weakness

Published: 10/18/2005Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

The SSL/TLS server implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7h and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8a, when using the SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING option, disables a verification step that is required for preventing protocol version rollback attacks, which allows remote attackers to force a client and server to use a weaker protocol than needed via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Affected packages (5)

References (1)