{"id":"CVE-2012-2668","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2668","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:05.416Z","title":"libraries/libldap/tls_m.c in OpenLDAP, possibly 2.4.31 and earlier, when using the Mozilla NSS backend, always uses the default cipher suite even when TLSCipherSuite is set, which might cause OpenLDAP to use weaker ciphers than intended and make it…","description":"libraries/libldap/tls_m.c in OpenLDAP, possibly 2.4.31 and earlier, when using the Mozilla NSS backend, always uses the default cipher suite even when TLSCipherSuite is set, which might cause OpenLDAP to use weaker ciphers than intended and make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.","published":"2012-06-17T03:41:41.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:41:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["openldap/openldap"],"epss":{"score":0.03909,"percentile":0.90214,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=676309","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1151.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2c2bb2e","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=7285","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/4","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53823","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027127","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825875","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76099","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=676309","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1151.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2c2bb2e","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=7285","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/4","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53823","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027127","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825875","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76099","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2668","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}