BlackBerry <= 7.1 and 10.x < 10.3.1.1779 SSL/TLS EXPORT_RSA Ciphers Downgrade MitM (KB36811) (FREAK)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82296

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Synopsis

The version of BlackBerry OS is affected by the FREAK vulnerability.

Description

According to its version number, the BlackBerry OS installed on the mobile device is the BlackBerry OS equal or prior to version 7.1, or else it is the BlackBerry 10 OS prior to version 10.3.1.1779. It is, therefore, affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability, known as FREAK (Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys), due to the support of weak EXPORT_RSA cipher suites with keys less than or equal to 512 bits. A man-in-the-middle attacker may be able to downgrade the SSL/TLS connection to use EXPORT_RSA cipher suites which can be factored in a short amount of time, allowing the attacker to intercept and decrypt the traffic.

Solution

Upgrade to BlackBerry 10.3.1.1779 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82296

File Name: blackberry_10_3_1_1779.nbin

Version: 1.92

Type: local

Family: Mobile Devices

Published: 3/27/2015

Updated: 4/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0204

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:blackberry:blackberry_os

Required KB Items: mdm/dependency/unlocked

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0204

BID: 71936

CERT: 243585

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