OpenSSL Anonymous ECDH Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: MEDIUM
CVE Identifier: CVE-2014-3470
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.
nvd: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
"CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference"
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1006162
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1006162 - OpenSSL Anonymous ECDH Denial Of Service Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- fedoraproject fedora
- openssl openssl 0.9.8
- openssl openssl 0.9.8a
- openssl openssl 0.9.8b
- openssl openssl 0.9.8c
- openssl openssl 0.9.8d
- openssl openssl 0.9.8e
- openssl openssl 0.9.8f
- openssl openssl 0.9.8g
- openssl openssl 0.9.8h
- openssl openssl 0.9.8i
- openssl openssl 0.9.8j
- openssl openssl 0.9.8k
- openssl openssl 0.9.8l
- openssl openssl 0.9.8m
- openssl openssl 0.9.8n
- openssl openssl 0.9.8o
- openssl openssl 0.9.8p
- openssl openssl 0.9.8q
- openssl openssl 0.9.8r
- openssl openssl 0.9.8s
- openssl openssl 0.9.8t
- openssl openssl 0.9.8u
- openssl openssl 0.9.8v
- openssl openssl 0.9.8w
- openssl openssl 0.9.8x
- openssl openssl 0.9.8y
- openssl openssl 1.0.0
- openssl openssl 1.0.0a
- openssl openssl 1.0.0b
- openssl openssl 1.0.0c
- openssl openssl 1.0.0d
- openssl openssl 1.0.0e
- openssl openssl 1.0.0f
- openssl openssl 1.0.0g
- openssl openssl 1.0.0h
- openssl openssl 1.0.0i
- openssl openssl 1.0.0j
- openssl openssl 1.0.0k
- openssl openssl 1.0.0l
- openssl openssl 1.0.1
- openssl openssl 1.0.1a
- openssl openssl 1.0.1b
- openssl openssl 1.0.1c
- openssl openssl 1.0.1d
- openssl openssl 1.0.1e
- openssl openssl 1.0.1f
- openssl openssl 1.0.1g
- redhat enterprise_linux 5
- redhat enterprise_linux 6
- redhat storage 2.1
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