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CVE-2005-2969: openssl

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2969DSA-875-1DSA-881-1
Published 18-10-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2969 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 4.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.87%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4
RHSA-2005:800RHSA-2008:0264RHSA-2008:0525RHSA-2008:0629

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The SSL/TLS server implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.7 before 0.9.7h and 0.9.8 before 0.9.8a, when using the SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING option, disables a verification step that is required for preventing protocol version rollback attacks, which allows remote attackers to force a client and server to use a weaker protocol than needed via a man-in-the-middle attack.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.87% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian4 products
  • openssl< 0.9.6c-2.woody.8 | < 0.9.7e-3sarge1 | < 0.9.8-3
  • openssl094< 0.9.4-6.woody.4
  • openssl095< 0.9.5a-6.woody.6
  • openssl096< 0.9.6m-1sarge1
Openssl1 product
  • opensslEOL0.9.7 | 0.9.7a | 0.9.7b | 0.9.7c | 0.9.7d | 0.9.7e | 0.9.7f | 0.9.7g | 0.9.8

2 vendors · 5 products

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