SB2004112301 - Denial of service in OpenSSL
Published: November 23, 2004 Updated: November 22, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2004112301
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2004-0112)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause OpenSSL to crash.The vulnerability exists due to a flaw in SSL/TLS handshaking code when using Kerberos ciphersuites. A remote unauthenticated attacker can perform a carefully crafted SSL/TLS handshake against a server configured to use Kerberos ciphersuites in such a way as to cause OpenSSL to crash.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.