Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2012-0050

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33326

Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2012-0050

Published: January 19, 2012 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33326
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-2012-0050
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an out-of-bounds read.


Affected software

OpenSSL
HP-UX
openssl (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2012-0050

Update to version 0.9.8t.

OpenSSL - update to 0.9.8t
openssl (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.0g-r0

External References

Related Security Bulletins