Resource management error in OpenSSL - CVE-2014-3470
Published: April 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11536
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3470
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing ECDH ciphersuites in TLS clients. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted response to vulnerable OpenSSL client and cause the application to crash.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing ECDH ciphersuites in TLS clients. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted response to vulnerable OpenSSL client and cause the application to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3470
Update to version 0.9.8za, 1.0.0m or 1.0.1h.