CVE-2005-2946

HIGH

OpenSSL < 0.9.8 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The default configuration on OpenSSL before 0.9.8 uses MD5 for creating message digests instead of a more cryptographically strong algorithm, which makes it easier for remote attackers to forge certificates with a valid certificate authority signature.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13593
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-179-1
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
http://www.cits.rub.de/MD5Collisions/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-327
Status published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 4.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 5.04
openssl/openssl < 0.9.8
Published Sep 16, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026