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CVE-2008-7270

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7270 describes a vulnerability in OpenSSL versions prior to 0.9.8j, specifically when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to manipulate the ciphersuite in the session cache, forcing the use of a disabled cipher by sniffing network traffic to obtain a session identifier. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.8iCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0343 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openssl-0:0.9.7a-43.17.el4_8.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl-0:0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openssl096b
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl097a
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openssl098e

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-7270Moderate

openssl: NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG downgrade-to-disabled ciphersuite attack

Dec 2, 2010

References

cvs.openssl.org / chngview
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/42493
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1029-1
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0977.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0978.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0896.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/522176
securityfocus.com / bid/45254