SUSE Linux update for openssl



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2012-2333
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 SUSE Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU32808

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2333

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Integer underflow in OpenSSL before 0.9.8x, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0j, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1c, when TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, or DTLS is used with CBC encryption,. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TLS packet that is not properly handled during a certain explicit IV calculation.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux: 10

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00020.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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