SB2014011409 - Cryptographic issues in openssl (Alpine package) 



SB2014011409 - Cryptographic issues in openssl (Alpine package)

Published: January 14, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014011409
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6449)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The ssl_get_algorithm2 function in ssl/s3_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.2 obtains a certain version number from an incorrect data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted traffic from a TLS 1.2 client.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.