CVE-2015-8960

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8960
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-21 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-30 17:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier supports the rsa_fixed_dh, dss_fixed_dh, rsa_fixed_ecdh, and ecdsa_fixed_ecdh values for ClientCertificateType but does not directly document the ability to compute the master secret in certain situations with a client secret key and server public key but not a server secret key, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof TLS servers by leveraging knowledge of the secret key for an arbitrary installed client X.509 certificate, aka the "Key Compromise Impersonation (KCI)" issue.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Safari - All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All
Application Google Chrome - All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Ietf Transport Layer Security All All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer - All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer All All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox - All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Host Agent - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Shift - All All All
Application Netapp Plug-in For Symantec Netbackup - All All All
Application Netapp Smi-s Provider - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapprotect - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp System Setup - All All All
Application Opera Opera All All All All
Application Opera Opera All All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
TLS CVE-2015-8960 Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
KCI Attacks against TLS MISC kcitls.org Technical Description
oss-security - Re: Possible CVE for TLS protocol issue MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot15/woot15-paper-hlauschek.pdf MISC www.usenix.org Technical Description
CVE-2015-8960 TLS Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Matthew Green on Twitter: "This attack is hilarious. Install a client cert in a browser, MITM any connection it makes to certain servers. https://t.co/A1O2bQTOiE" MISC twitter.com Press/Media Coverage
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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