Session Ticket Memory Leak in OpenSSL - CVE-2014-3567
Published: January 20, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5213
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3567
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 cause denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling integrity of session tickets in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can send a large number of invalid session tickets and cause denial of service conditions.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling integrity of session tickets in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can send a large number of invalid session tickets and cause denial of service conditions.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3567
Update OpenSSL to version 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o or 1.0.1j.