CVE-2005-2969

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    CVE-2005-2969

    Published: 18 Oct 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/17146, http://secunia.com/advisories/17151, http://secunia.com/advisories/17153, http://secunia.com/advisories/17169, http://secunia.com/advisories/17178, http://secunia.com/advisories/17180, http://secunia.com/advisories/17189, http://secunia.com/advisories/17191, http://secunia.com/advisories/17210, http://secunia.com/advisories/17259, http://secunia.com/advisories/17288, http://secunia.com/advisories/17335, http://secunia.com/advisories/17344, http://secunia.com/advisories/17389, http://secunia.com/advisories/17409, http://secunia.com/advisories/17432, http://secunia.com/advisories/17466, http://secunia.com/advisories/17589, http://secunia.com/advisories/17617, http://secunia.com/advisories/17632, http://secunia.com/advisories/17813, http://secunia.com/advisories/17888, http://secunia.com/advisories/18045, http://secunia.com/advisories/18123, http://secunia.com/advisories/18165, http://secunia.com/advisories/18663, http://secunia.com/advisories/19185, http://secunia.com/advisories/21827, http://secunia.com/advisories/23280, http://secunia.com/advisories/23340, http://secunia.com/advisories/23843, http://secunia.com/advisories/23915, http://secunia.com/advisories/25973, http://secunia.com/advisories/26893, http://secunia.com/advisories/31492, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-875, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-881, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-882, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:179, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_61_openssl.html, http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20051011.txt, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-800.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2036, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2710, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2908, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3002, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3056, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3531, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0326, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0343, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2457, http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20051011.txt, ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/pc_servers/dir5.10.3_docs_relnotes.pdf, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847, http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00805100, http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00849540, http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015032, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101974-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-031.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-260.htm, http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1SSRVHMCHMC_C081516_754, http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20051202-openssl.shtml, http://www.hitachi-support.com/security_e/vuls_e/HS06-022_e/01-e.html, http://www.hitachi-support.com/security_e/vuls_e/HS07-016_e/index-e.html, http://www.juniper.net/support/security/alerts/PSN-2005-12-025.txt, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15071, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24799, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35287, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1633, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11454

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High