NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL - CVE-2013-4353

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NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL - CVE-2013-4353

Published: January 9, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32588
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4353
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted Next Protocol Negotiation record in a TLS handshake.


Affected software

OpenSSL
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
openssl (Alpine package)
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
TMS RAMSAN 710 & 810 Machine Type 9833 -AS1 & -AE1
FlashSystem 710 & 810 Machine Type 9830 -AS1 & -AE1
TMS RAMSAN 720 and 820 machine type 9834 -AS2 & AE2
IBM FlashSystem 720 and 820 Machine Type 9831 –AS2 and -AE2

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4353

Update to version 1.0.1f.

OpenSSL - update to 1.0.1f
openssl (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.1f-r0
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1 - update to 1.1.2.2
TMS RAMSAN 710 & 810 Machine Type 9833 -AS1 & -AE1 - update to 5.6.2
FlashSystem 710 & 810 Machine Type 9830 -AS1 & -AE1 - update to 5.6.2
TMS RAMSAN 720 and 820 machine type 9834 -AS2 & AE2 - update to 6.3.2
IBM FlashSystem 720 and 820 Machine Type 9831 –AS2 and -AE2 - update to 6.3.2

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