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OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerability (20150611 - 3) - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
1 year ago
Modified
Modified
1 year ago
Summary
OpenSSL is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
If a DTLS peer receives application data between the ChangeCipherSpec and Finished messages, buffering of such data may cause an invalid free, resulting in a segmentation fault or potentially, memory corruption.
Affected Software
Affected Software
OpenSSL version 0.9.8 through 0.9.8y, 1.0.0 through 1.0.0l and 1.0.1 through 1.0.1g.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 0.9.8za, 1.0.0m, 1.0.1h or later.