National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0884
Original release date:03/13/2012
Last revised:05/04/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The implementation of Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and PKCS #7 in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h does not properly restrict certain oracle behavior, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to decrypt data via a Million Message Attack (MMA) adaptive chosen ciphertext attack.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0547
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120312.txt
Type: Advisory
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2454
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48916
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48895
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1308
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1307
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1306
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:0531
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:0488
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBOV02793
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100891
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-4630
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-4665
