Description

The Sweet32 attack is a SSL/TLS vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise HTTPS connections using 64-bit block ciphers.

Remediation

Reconfigure the affected SSL/TLS server to disable support for obsolete 64-bit block ciphers.

References

Sweet32: Birthday attacks on 64-bit block ciphers in TLS and OpenVPN

Related Vulnerabilities

Apache stronghold-status enabled

The POODLE attack (SSLv3 with CBC cipher suites)

TLS/SSL certificate key size too small

Insecure Referrer Policy

ASP.NET ASPX debugging enabled

Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2016-2183 CVE-2016-6329 CWE-310 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Configuration Weak Crypto