OpenSSL Record Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023748 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1023748
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-0740
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 24 2010
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in OpenSSL. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted record to cause the target service to crash.
The vulnerability resides in 'ssl/s3_pkt.c'.
Bodo Moeller and Adam Langley (Google) reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target service to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (0.9.8n).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt
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Vendor URL: openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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