Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol CRIME Vulnerability
low Nessus Plugin ID 62565
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Synopsis
The remote service has a configuration that may make it vulnerable to the CRIME attack.Description
The remote service has one of two configurations that are known to be required for the CRIME attack :- SSL / TLS compression is enabled.
- TLS advertises the SPDY protocol earlier than version 4.
Note that Nessus did not attempt to launch the CRIME attack against the remote service.
Solution
Disable compression and / or the SPDY service.See Also
https://www.iacr.org/cryptodb/data/paper.php?pubkey=3091
https://discussions.nessus.org/thread/5546
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 62565
File Name: ssl_crime.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: remote
Family: General
Published: 10/16/2012
Updated: 12/4/2019
Dependencies: ssl_supported_compression.nasl, ssl_supported_protocols.nasl
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4930
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 1.9
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: SSL/Supported
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4929, CVE-2012-4930