Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2005-2946 First vendor Publication 2005-09-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-09

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The default configuration on OpenSSL before 0.9.8 uses MD5 for creating message digests instead of a more cryptographically strong algorithm, which makes it easier for remote attackers to forge certificates with a valid certificate authority signature.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2946

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id Name
CAPEC-20 Encryption Brute Forcing
CAPEC-97 Cryptanalysis

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 264
Os 2

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
19660 OpenSSL Default Algorithm MD5 Weak Digest Encryption

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-01-04 Name : The default configuration of OpenSSL on the remote server uses a weak hash al...
File : openssl_0_9_8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-179-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-19 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
MISC http://www.cits.rub.de/MD5Collisions/
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13593
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-179-1

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