OpenSSL SSL3_AL_WARNING Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2016-8610)
Publish date: November 16, 2016
Severity: MEDIUM
DESCRIPTION
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the SSL/TLS protocol, defined processing of ALERT packets during an SSL handshake. An attacker could use this flaw to DoS servers compiled against cryptographic libraries, which do not allocate an extra thread to process ClientHello packets.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1008039
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