CVE-2010-0740

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.91% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory openssl.org Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/42724 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557640302499&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt patch vendor advisory
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0710 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076 vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2 vendor advisory
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/39932 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933 vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11731 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/43311 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/42733 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html vendor advisory
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0740?
CVE-2010-0740 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0740?
To fix CVE-2010-0740, 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-2010-0740 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0740 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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