CVE-2005-2700

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2700
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-06 23:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionssl_engine_kernel.c in mod_ssl before 2.8.24, when using "SSLVerifyClient optional" in the global virtual host configuration, does not properly enforce "SSLVerifyClient require" in a per-location context, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 4.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Apache Mod_SSL SSLVerifyClient Restriction Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for libapache-mod-ssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Apache, mod_ssl: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat Stronghold Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
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'[ANNOUNCE] mod_ssl 2.8.24-1.3.33' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.017] OpenPKG Security Advisory (modssl)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Sun Solaris Multiple Apache Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/19188 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-807-1 libapache-mod-ssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for mod_ssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Secunia - Advisories - HP-UX Apache mod_ssl "SSLVerifyClient" Security Bypass Security Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
usn/usn-177-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
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Secunia - Advisories - mod_ssl "SSLVerifyClient" Security Bypass Security Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
people.apache.org/~jorton/CAN-2005-2700.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 people.apache.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
IBM - Subscription service - Bulletin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www14.software.ibm.com Broken Link
IBM HMC Apache2 / OpenSSL Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
#102198: Security Vulnerabilities in the Apache 2 Web Server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Avaya Products httpd/mod_ssl Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-805-1 apache2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
1. Overview: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 167195 – CAN-2005-2700 SSLVerifyClient flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
SUSE Security Announcement: Apache2 security problems (SUSE-SA:2006:051) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
TSLSA-2005-0059 - multi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.trustix.org Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for apache2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
SUSE update for apache2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for apache2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Secunia - Advisories - Sun Solaris Multiple Apache2 Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for httpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
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Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for multiple packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
'[security bulletin] SSRT051043 rev.0 - Apache Remote Unauthorized access' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#744929 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for apache2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for apache/mod_ssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
#102197: Security Vulnerabilities in the Apache 1.3 Web Server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for multiple packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for httpd/mod_ssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Apache2008-07-02Mark J CoxFixed in Apache HTTP server 2.0.55: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html

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