Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2012-2131

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Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2012-2131

Published: April 24, 2012 / Updated: February 16, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44124
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2012-2131
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL

Detailed vulnerability description

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 conduct buffer overflow attacks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, via crafted DER data, as demonstrated by an X.509 certificate or an RSA public key.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-2131

Install update from vendor's website.

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