CVE-2017-17427

Description

Radware Alteon devices with a firmware version between 31.0.0.0-31.0.3.0 are vulnerable to an adaptive-chosen ciphertext attack ("Bleichenbacher attack"). This allows an attacker to decrypt observed traffic that has been encrypted with the RSA cipher and to perform other private key operations.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 77.21% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory radware.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://robotattack.org/ technical description
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102199 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389 third party advisory us government resource
https://support.radware.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1010361/~/cve-2017-17427-adaptive-chosen-ciphertext-attack-vulnerability mitigation vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-17427?
CVE-2017-17427 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-17427?
To fix CVE-2017-17427, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-17427 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-17427 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~77% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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