Cavium Nitrox SSL/Nitrox V SSL/TurboSSL SDK Bleichenbacher information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cavium Nitrox SSL, Nitrox V SSL and TurboSSL. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SDK. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Bleichenbacher). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-17428. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cavium Nitrox SSL, Nitrox V SSL and TurboSSL (version now known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SDK. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Bleichenbacher). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cavium Nitrox SSL, Nitrox V SSL, and TurboSSL software development kits (SDKs) allow remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data by leveraging a Bleichenbacher RSA padding oracle, aka a ROBOT attack.

The bug was discovered 12/12/2017. The weakness was released 03/05/2018 by Juraj Somorovsky with Tripwire VERT as cisco-sa-20171212-bleichenbach as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-17428 since 12/05/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105415 (Return Of Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat (ROBOT) Information Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family General and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38695 (TLS ROBOT Vulnerability Detected).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105415) and SecurityFocus (BID 102170†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-97507, VDB-110567, VDB-110568 and VDB-110662. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Bleichenbacher
Class: Information disclosure / Bleichenbacher
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 105415
Nessus Name: Return Of Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat (ROBOT) Information Disclosure
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cisco-sa-20171212-bleichenbach
Researcher: Juraj Somorovsky
Organization: Tripwire VERT
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-17428 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-17428
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114071
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SecurityFocus: 102170 - Multiple Cisco Products Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039984

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2018 07:51
Updated: 12/26/2024 04:04
Changes: 03/06/2018 07:51 (72), 01/10/2020 13:56 (6), 02/16/2023 21:00 (4), 12/26/2024 04:04 (16)
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