CVE-2009-3555

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    CVE-2009-3555

    Published: 9 Nov 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, mod_ssl in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.14 and earlier, OpenSSL before 0.9.8l, GnuTLS 2.8.5 and earlier, Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.4 and earlier, multiple Cisco products, and other products, does not properly associate renegotiation handshakes with an existing connection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert data into HTTPS sessions, and possibly other types of sessions protected by TLS or SSL, by sending an unauthenticated request that is processed retroactively by a server in a post-renegotiation context, related to a "plaintext injection" attack, aka the "Project Mogul" issue.

    References: http://blog.g-sec.lu/2009/11/tls-sslv3-renegotiation-vulnerability.html, http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/vulnerability_in_tls_protocol_during, http://clicky.me/tlsvuln, http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-20491, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039561.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039957.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040652.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049455.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049528.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049702.html, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2009-11/msg00029.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00009.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00013.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00014.html, http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-announce&m=125755783724966&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126150535619567&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127419602507642&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132077688910227&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142660345230545&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=cryptography&m=125752275331877&w=2, http://openbsd.org/errata45.html#010_openssl, http://openbsd.org/errata46.html#004_openssl, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/139, http://secunia.com/advisories/37291, http://secunia.com/advisories/37292, http://secunia.com/advisories/37320, http://secunia.com/advisories/37383, http://secunia.com/advisories/37399, http://secunia.com/advisories/37453, http://secunia.com/advisories/37501, http://secunia.com/advisories/37504, http://secunia.com/advisories/37604, http://secunia.com/advisories/37640, http://secunia.com/advisories/37656, http://secunia.com/advisories/37675, http://secunia.com/advisories/37859, http://secunia.com/advisories/38003, http://secunia.com/advisories/38020, http://secunia.com/advisories/38056, http://secunia.com/advisories/38241, http://secunia.com/advisories/38484, http://secunia.com/advisories/38687, http://secunia.com/advisories/38781, http://secunia.com/advisories/39127, http://secunia.com/advisories/39136, http://secunia.com/advisories/39242, http://secunia.com/advisories/39243, http://secunia.com/advisories/39278, http://secunia.com/advisories/39292, http://secunia.com/advisories/39317, http://secunia.com/advisories/39461, http://secunia.com/advisories/39500, http://secunia.com/advisories/39628, http://secunia.com/advisories/39632, http://secunia.com/advisories/39713, http://secunia.com/advisories/39819, http://secunia.com/advisories/40070, http://secunia.com/advisories/40545, http://secunia.com/advisories/40747, http://secunia.com/advisories/40866, http://secunia.com/advisories/41480, http://secunia.com/advisories/41490, http://secunia.com/advisories/41818, http://secunia.com/advisories/41967, http://secunia.com/advisories/41972, http://secunia.com/advisories/42377, http://secunia.com/advisories/42379, http://secunia.com/advisories/42467, http://secunia.com/advisories/42724, http://secunia.com/advisories/42733, http://secunia.com/advisories/42808, http://secunia.com/advisories/42811, http://secunia.com/advisories/42816, http://secunia.com/advisories/43308, http://secunia.com/advisories/44183, http://secunia.com/advisories/44954, http://secunia.com/advisories/48577, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml, http://securitytracker.com/id?1023148, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.597446, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4170, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4171, http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070150, http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100081611, http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114315, http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114327, http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123359, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-923-1, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0155, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC67848, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC68054, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC68055, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM12247, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21426108, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21432298, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24006386, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24025312, http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=PM00675&apar=only, http://www.betanews.com/article/1257452450, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b01d1d.shtml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1934, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2141, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3253, http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2009/11/understanding_the_tls_renegoti.html, http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/security/info/vuls/HS10-030/index.html, http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg03928.html, http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg03948.html, http://www.ingate.com/Relnote.php?ver=481, http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02512995, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120541, http://www.links.org/?p=780, http://www.links.org/?p=786, http://www.links.org/?p=789, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:089, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-22.html, http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-3555.html, http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20091111.txt, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/05/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/05/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/06/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/07/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10, http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1060/, http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/944/, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2010-176258.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0130.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0155.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0165.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0167.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0337.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0338.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0339.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0768.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0770.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0786.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0807.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0865.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0986.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0987.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0880.html, http://www.securegoose.org/2009/11/tls-renegotiation-vulnerability-cve.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507952/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508075/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508130/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522176, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36935, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023163, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023204, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023205, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023206, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023207, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023208, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023209, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023210, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023211, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023212, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023213, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023214, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023215, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023216, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023217, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023218, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023219, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023224, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023243, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023270, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023271, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023272, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023273, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023274, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023275, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023411, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023426, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023427, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023428, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024789, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1010-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-927-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-927-4, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-927-5, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-287A.html, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html, http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3164, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3165, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3205, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3220, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3310, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3313, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3353, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3354, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3484, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3521, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3587, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0086, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0848, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0916, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0982, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0994, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1054, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1191, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1350, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1639, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1673, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2010, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2745, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3069, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3086, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0032, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0033, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0086, http://xss.cx/examples/plesk-reports/plesk-parallels-controlpanel-psa.v.10.3.1_build1013110726.09%20os_redhat.el6-billing-system-plugin-javascript-injection-example-poc-report.html, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526689, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545755, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533125, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-049, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54158, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888, https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10088, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11578, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11617, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7315, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7478, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7973, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8366, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8535, https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/700/sol10737.html, https://svn.resiprocate.org/rep/ietf-drafts/ekr/draft-rescorla-tls-renegotiate.txt, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00428.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00442.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00449.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00634.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00645.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00944.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01020.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01029.html, http://blogs.iss.net/archive/sslmitmiscsrf.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/139, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/05/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/05/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/06/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/07/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10, http://www.tombom.co.uk/blog/?p=85, http://clicky.me/tlsvuln, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36935, http://xss.cx/examples/plesk-reports/plesk-parallels-controlpanel-psa.v.10.3.1_build1013110726.09%20os_redhat.el6-billing-system-plugin-javascript-injection-example-poc-report.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36935, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-049, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526689, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=545755, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533125, http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0120.html, http://extendedsubset.com/?p=8, http://extendedsubset.com/Renegotiating_TLS.pdf, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01945686, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02436041, http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751, http://osvdb.org/60521, http://osvdb.org/60972, http://osvdb.org/62210, http://osvdb.org/65202, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-273350-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273029-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274990-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021653.1-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021752.1-1, http://support.zeus.com/zws/media/docs/4.3/RELEASE_NOTES, http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2010/01/13/zws_4_3r5_released, http://sysoev.ru/nginx/patch.cve-2009-3555.txt, http://tomcat.apache.org/native-doc/miscellaneous/changelog-1.1.x.html, http://www.arubanetworks.com/support/alerts/aid-020810.txt, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120541, http://www.proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.2c, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-287A.html, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

    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