National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0740

Overview

The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/27/2010)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0710

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0710

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt

External Source: MLIST

Name: [syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been released

Hyperlink:https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been released

Hyperlink:https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50

Hyperlink:https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1216

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0933

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0839

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023748

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:076

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43311

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43311

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42733

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42733

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42724

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42724

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39932

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39932

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11731

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11731

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2010-5744

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-06-23-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc

Hyperlink:http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11731

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11731