CVE-2005-2946

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2946

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2005-2946.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2005-2946

Published

2005-09-16T22:03:00Z

Modified

2025-08-09T19:01:28Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The default configuration on OpenSSL before 0.9.8 uses MD5 for creating message digests instead of a more cryptographically strong algorithm, which makes it easier for remote attackers to forge certificates with a valid certificate authority signature.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-179-1
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13593
http://www.cits.rub.de/MD5Collisions/

CVE-2005-2946

Affected packages