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Question : SSL Weak Cipher Suites Supported
I used the Nessus Scanning Tool to scan my Solaris 10 server and got one of following medium vulnerabilities:
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SSL Weak Cipher Suites Supported
Synopsis :
The remote service supports the use of weak SSL ciphers.
Description :
The remote host supports the use of SSL ciphers that offer either weak
encryption or no encryption at all.
See also :
http://www.openssl.org/doc
s/apps/cip
hers.html
Solution :
Reconfigure the affected application if possible to avoid use of weak
ciphers.
Risk factor :
Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.0
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/
I:N/A:N)
Plugin output :
Here is the list of weak SSL ciphers supported by the remote server :
Low Strength Ciphers (< 56-bit key)
SSLv3
EXP-EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA Kx=DH(512) Au=RSA Enc=DES(40) Mac=SHA1 export
EXP-DES-CBC-SHA Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=DES(40) Mac=SHA1 export
EXP-RC4-MD5 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=RC4(40) Mac=MD5 export
TLSv1
EXP-EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA Kx=DH(512) Au=RSA Enc=DES(40) Mac=SHA1 export
EXP-DES-CBC-SHA Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=DES(40) Mac=SHA1 export
EXP-RC4-MD5 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=RC4(40) Mac=MD5 export
The fields above are :
{OpenSSL ciphername}
Kx={key exchange}
Au={authentication}
Enc={symmetric encryption method}
Mac={message authentication code}
{export flag}
Nessus ID : 26928
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I really don't know which application on my server is configured with SSL weak cipher. Or is itjust that the "openssl" command has the option to use weak cipher?
# openssl ciphers -v | grep 'DES(40)'
EXP-EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH(512) Au=RSA Enc=DES(40) Mac=SHA1 export
EXP-EDH-DSS-DES-CBC-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH(512) Au=DSS Enc=DES(40) Mac=SHA1 export
EXP-DES-CBC-SHA SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA Enc=DES(40) Mac=SHA1 export
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Answer : SSL Weak Cipher Suites Supported
If you use SSL/TLS you have to configure it to avoid 40-56-64bit ciphers (Apache,Sendmail etc)
It is not a security hole, but if you are not careful enough you may expose user's private info to network snooping leased line operators....
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