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SSL/TLS: Report 'Null' Cipher Suites

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

SSL and TLS

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Mitigation

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

This routine reports all 'Null' SSL/TLS cipher suites accepted by a service.

Insight

Insight

Services supporting 'Null' cipher suites could allow a client to negotiate a SSL/TLS connection to the host without any encryption of the transferred data.

Solution

Solution

The configuration of this services should be changed so that it does not accept the listed 'Null' cipher suites anymore. Please see the references for more resources supporting you in this task.