CVE-2010-3864

Description

Multiple race conditions in ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8o, 1.0.0, and 1.0.0a, when multi-threading and internal caching are enabled on a TLS server, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via client data that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to (1) the TLS server name extension and (2) elliptic curve cryptography.

Category

7.6
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.59% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory openssl.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051170.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132828103218869&w=2 vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.668793 vendor advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3041 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024743 patch vdb entry
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_3864_race_condition
http://secunia.com/advisories/42413 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051255.html vendor advisory
http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20101116.txt patch vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html vendor advisory
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051237.html vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/737740 third party advisory us government resource
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0888.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42397 third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497251507577&w=2 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42241 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649304 patch
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02794777 vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129916880600544&w=2 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57353 third party advisory
https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097 vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-11.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42336 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42309 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3077 vdb entry
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:10.openssl.asc vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44269 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43312 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42243 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3121 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/42352 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2125 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3864?
CVE-2010-3864 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3864?
To fix CVE-2010-3864, 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-2010-3864 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3864 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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