Buffer overflow in OpenSSL - CVE-2014-0195

 

Buffer overflow in OpenSSL - CVE-2014-0195

Published: April 4, 2018 / Updated: September 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11533
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0195
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in OpenSSL when processing DTLS fragments to an OpenSSL DTLS client or server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to vulnerable application and cause the server to crash or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that server support DTLS.

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0195

Update to version 0.9.8za, 1.0.0m or 1.0.1h.

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