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openssl: DTLS segmentation fault in dtls1_get_record

Published Jan 9, 2015

Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted DTLS message that is processed with a different read operation for the handshake header than for the handshake body, related to the dtls1_get_record function in d1_pkt.c and the ssl3_read_n function in s3_pkt.c.

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Red Hat statement

This issue does not affect the version of openssl097a as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the version of openssl098e as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact and does not plan to address this flaw for the above components in any future security updates. This issue affects the version of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 9, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 14, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Jan 8, 2015