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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.