SB2014101516 - Forced SSLv3 support in openssl (Alpine package)
Published: October 15, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014101516
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Forced SSLv3 support (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3568)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to force SSLv3 usage.When OpenSSL is configured with "no-ssl3" as a build option, servers could accept and complete a SSL 3.0 handshake, and clients could be configured to send them. A remote attacker can force SSLv3 usage and perfom a variety of attacks against SSLv3 protocol
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f09cdaa244ef0d0d6f7357ab368810ceaa7a1083
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6dba1238f59654c63719462c31fc13056eec4974
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4c5cc5515933595f9aabe78a9b98d28ea24a3a92
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4dc9b437132ccb0949aa179ce0b3cbeb14fad028