NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash vulnerability in OpenSSL

CVE-2014-3569 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The ssl23_get_client_hello function in s23_srvr.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o, and 1.0.1j does not properly handle attempts to use unsupported protocols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an unexpected handshake, as demonstrated by an SSLv3 handshake to a no-ssl3 application with certain error handling. NOTE: this issue became relevant after the CVE-2014-3568 fix.

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