OpenSSL CVE-2015-0204 Weak Encryption Vulnerability

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Severity: HighThis security issue was previously announced by the OpenSSL project andclassified as "low" severity. This severity rating has now been changed toThis was classified low because it was originally thought that server RSAexport ciphersuite support was rare: a client was only vulnerable to a MITMattack against a server which supports an RSA export ciphersuite. Recentstudies have shown that RSA export ciphersuites support is far more common.This issue affects OpenSSL versions: 1.0.1, 1.0.0 and 0.9.8.OpenSSL 1.0.1 users should upgrade to 1.0.1k.OpenSSL 1.0.0 users should upgrade to 1.0.0p.OpenSSL 0.9.8 users should upgrade to 0.9.8zd.This issue was reported to OpenSSL on 22nd October 2014 by KarthikeyanBhargavan of the PROSECCO team at INRIA. The fix was developed by StephenHenson of the OpenSSL core team. It was previously announced in the OpenSSLsecurity advisory on 8th January 2015.

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CVE References

CVE-2015-0204