CVE-2015-2808

Public on 2015-04-01
Modified on 2015-08-24
Description
The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, does not properly combine state data with key data during the initialization phase, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct plaintext-recovery attacks against the initial bytes of a stream by sniffing network traffic that occasionally relies on keys affected by the Invariance Weakness, and then using a brute-force approach involving LSB values, aka the "Bar Mitzvah" issue.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.6.0-openjdk 2015-08-24 ALAS-2015-586 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.7.0-openjdk 2015-07-22 ALAS-2015-570 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 java-1.8.0-openjdk 2015-07-22 ALAS-2015-571 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N