#VU32589 Cryptographic issues in OpenSSL - CVE-2013-6449

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#VU32589 Cryptographic issues in OpenSSL - CVE-2013-6449

Published: December 24, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32589
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6449
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSL
Software vendor:
OpenSSL Software Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The ssl_get_algorithm2 function in ssl/s3_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.2 obtains a certain version number from an incorrect data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted traffic from a TLS 1.2 client.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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