CVE-2014-0198
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-476
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The do_ssl3_write function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.x through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, does not properly manage a buffer pointer during certain recursive calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors that trigger an alert condition.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)44%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0204.htmlAdvisory
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory9.ascAdvisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10629Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB29195Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136470.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136473.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00036.htmlAdvisory