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CVE-2008-7270

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD

OpenSSL before 0.9.8j, when SSL_OP_NETSCAPE_REUSE_CIPHER_CHANGE_BUG is enabled, does not prevent modification of the ciphersuite in the session cache, which allows remote attackers to force the use of a disabled cipher via vectors involving sniffing network traffic to discover a session identifier, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4180.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-310
EPSS score
3.4% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-7223)
Published
December 6, 2010
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-7223 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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