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LOGJAM: TLS connections which support export grade DHE key-exchange are vulnerable to MITM attacks

Published May 21, 2015

Description

The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier, when a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite is enabled on a server but not on a client, does not properly convey a DHE_EXPORT choice, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct cipher-downgrade attacks by rewriting a ClientHello with DHE replaced by DHE_EXPORT and then rewriting a ServerHello with DHE_EXPORT replaced by DHE, aka the "Logjam" issue.

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Red Hat statement

This issue affects the version of openssl and nss libraries as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6 and 7. More information about this flaw is available at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223211#c4 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223211#c5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is in Extended Life Cycle phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 21, 2015
Updated May 27, 2026
Reserved May 15, 2015
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated May 27, 2026
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date May 20, 2015