Vulnerability in Radware Alteon

CVE-2017-17427

Radware Alteon devices with a firmware version between 31.0.0.0-31.0.3.0 are vulnerable to an adaptive-chosen ciphertext attack ("Bleichenbacher attack"). This allows an attacker to decrypt observed traffic that has been encrypted with the…

EPSS: 0.705 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17427?
CVE-2017-17427 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Radware Alteon, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-17427?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17427 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.