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Posted on 13 May 2012
Source : packetstormsecurity.org Link
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TITLE:
OpenSSL TLS Packet Parsing Integer Underflow Denial of Service
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49116
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-11
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenSSL, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) of the
application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer underflow error within
the parsing of TLS record length of Datagram Transport Layer Security
(DTLS) packets using CBC encryption mode, which can be exploited to
cause a crash.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.0.1c, 1.0.0j,
and 0.9.8x.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.1c, 1.0.0j, or 0.9.8x.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Codenomicon.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
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