CVE-2014-3616

Public on 2014-10-01
Modified on 2014-10-01
Description
nginx 0.5.6 through 1.7.4, when using the same shared ssl_session_cache or ssl_session_ticket_key for multiple servers, can reuse a cached SSL session for an unrelated context, which allows remote attackers with certain privileges to conduct "virtual host confusion" attacks.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
See what this means
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 nginx 2014-10-01 ALAS-2014-421 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-3616 Mitre: CVE-2014-3616