CVE-2017-17428

Description

Cavium Nitrox SSL, Nitrox V SSL, and TurboSSL software development kits (SDKs) allow remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data by leveraging a Bleichenbacher RSA padding oracle, aka a ROBOT attack.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 79.61% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory cavium.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102170 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.cavium.com/security-advisory-cve-2017-17428.html vendor advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171212-bleichenbacher third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039984 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389 third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-17428?
CVE-2017-17428 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-17428?
To fix CVE-2017-17428, 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-2017-17428 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-17428 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~80% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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