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CVE-2008-7128

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The ssl_parse_client_key_exchange function in XySSL before 0.9 does not protect against certain Bleichenbacher attacks using chosen ciphertext, which allows remote attackers to recover keys via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Xyssl: through 0.8; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+1)

References

• http://polarssl.org/?archive#001c
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0917/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41253
• http://polarssl.org/?archive#001c
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0917/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41253

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