CVE-2009-1387

Description

The dtls1_retrieve_buffered_fragment function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence DTLS handshake message, related to a "fragment bug."

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 12.72% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory openssl.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third party advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html third party advisory mailing list
http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=17958 patch vendor advisory third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35729 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/02/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37003 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36533 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1838&user=guest&pass=guest third party advisory patch broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7592 vdb entry tool signature signature
http://voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net/sa/sa-20091012-01.html third party advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35571 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10740 vdb entry tool signature signature
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4AD43807.7080105%40users.sourceforge.net broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 permissions required vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1387?
CVE-2009-1387 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1387?
To fix CVE-2009-1387, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1387 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1387 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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