CVE-2013-2566

Publication date 15 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, has many single-byte biases, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of ciphertext in a large number of sessions that use the same plaintext.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	13.10 saucy	Fixed 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
	13.04 raring	Fixed 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
openssl	13.10 saucy	Ignored
	13.04 raring	Ignored
	12.10 quantal	Ignored
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored
thunderbird	13.10 saucy	Fixed 1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
	13.04 raring	Fixed 1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

this is a protocol problem not specific to openssl. Using openssl as a placeholder until more information is available marking low for now until more information is available. At present, naive attacks need tens to hundreds of millions of TLS connections. Optimized attacks are not present yet. marking deferred since there is no consensus on what to do (we can't just disable RC4)

mdeslaur

marking as ignored since there is no actionable item

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N