TLS Protocol/SSL Protocol RC4 Encryption Bar Mitzvah Attack cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in TLS Protocol and SSL Protocol and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component RC4 Encryption. Performing a manipulation results in cryptographic issue (Bar Mitzvah Attack). This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-2808. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in TLS Protocol and SSL Protocol. This affects an unknown part of the component RC4 Encryption. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability (Bar Mitzvah Attack). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was presented 03/26/2015 as SSL/TLS Suffers 'Bar Mitzvah Attack' as confirmed article (News). The advisory is shared at darkreading.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-2808 since 03/31/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83135 (AIX Java Advisory : Multiple Vulnerabilities (Bar Mitzvah)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91499 (Microsoft Azure Stack 1809 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101851), Tenable (83135), SecurityFocus (BID 73684†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56804†). Further details are available at it.slashdot.org. See VDB-4431, VDB-7953, VDB-10710 and VDB-10696 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • IBM AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1
  • IBM Cognos
  • IBM CommonStore for Lotus Domino
  • IBM InfoSphere Information Server
  • IBM Installation Manager
  • IBM Personal Communications
  • IBM Rational ClearQuest
  • IBM Rational Policy Tester
  • IBM Rational Software Architect
  • IBM Rational Team Concert
  • IBM Runtimes for Java Technology
  • IBM Tivoli Directory Server
  • IBM Tivoli Monitoring
  • IBM Web Experience Factory
  • IBM Websphere Application Server
  • IBM Websphere Message Broker Toolkit
  • IBM Websphere Portal
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Bar Mitzvah Attack
Class: Cryptographic issue / Bar Mitzvah Attack
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 83135
Nessus Name: AIX Java Advisory : Multiple Vulnerabilities (Bar Mitzvah)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2015-586
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03/26/2015 🔍
03/30/2015 +4 days 🔍
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04/13/2015 +12 days 🔍
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02/28/2016 +305 days 🔍
04/16/2022 +2238 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: SSL/TLS Suffers 'Bar Mitzvah Attack'
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2808 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74133

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X-Force: 101851 - TLS protocol and SSL protocol RC4 information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 73684 - SSL/TLS RC4 CVE-2015-2808 Information Disclosure Weakness
SecurityTracker: 1032599
Vulnerability Center: 56804 - TLS and SSL Remote Invariance Weakness due to RC4 Weakness (aka Bar Mitzvah Issue), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2015 11:43
Updated: 04/16/2022 09:21
Changes: 03/30/2015 11:43 (74), 08/24/2018 09:01 (8), 04/16/2022 09:21 (4)
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