CVE-2004-2761
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Jan 5, 2009
- Updated
- May 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 5, 2009
Description
The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm is not collision resistant, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to conduct spoofing attacks, as demonstrated by attacks on the use of MD5 in the signature algorithm of an X.509 certificate.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-328 Use of Weak Hash
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 33065vdb-entry
- RHSA-2010:0837vendor-advisory
- http://www.phreedom.org/research/rogue-ca/
- VU#836068third-party-advisory
- 4866third-party-advisory
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/12/30/md5-weaknesses-could-lead-to-certificate-forgery/
- 20090115 MD5 Hashes May Allow for Certificate Spoofingvendor-advisory
- http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/SoftIntCodeSign/
- 33826third-party-advisory
- 34281third-party-advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961509.mspx
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03814en_us
- http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/12/30/information-regarding-md5-collisions-problem.aspx
- http://www.doxpara.com/research/md5/md5_someday.pdf
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02
- RHSA-2010:0838vendor-advisory
- https://blogs.verisign.com/ssl-blog/2008/12/on_md5_vulnerabilities_and_mit.php
- USN-740-1vendor-advisory
- 1024697vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2009-1276vendor-advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05336888
- 20081230 MD5 Considered Harmful Today: Creating a rogue CA certificatemailing-list
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05289935
- 42181third-party-advisory
- http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648886
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