CVE-2015-1454: bluecoat proxyclient Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-1454 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in bluecoat proxyclient. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-02-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Blue Coat ProxyClient before 3.3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4.10 and Unified Agent before 4.1.3.151952 does not properly validate certain certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof ProxySG Client Managers, and consequently modify configurations and execute arbitrary software updates, via a crafted certificate.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.