SB2014010901 - NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL
Published: January 9, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014010901
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4353)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted Next Protocol Negotiation record in a TLS handshake.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES;hb=refs/heads/OpenSSL_1_0_1-stable
- http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=197e0ea817ad64820789d86711d55ff50d71f631
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136470.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136473.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00070.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0041.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2837
- http://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAMB3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2079-1
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400001841
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg400001843
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049058