Protocol: TLS Compression Enabled¶

Identifier: issue_ssl_crime_tls_compression

Scanner Support¶

Description¶

TLS-level compression can expose secret data through the CRIME compression side channel.

How we test: We check whether the endpoint negotiates TLS compression.

References:

• https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5246
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/987798

Configuration¶

Example¶

Example configuration:

---
security_tests:
  issue_ssl_crime_tls_compression:
    skip: false

Reference¶

skip¶

Type: boolean

Skip the test if true.