Description
The ssl23_get_client_hello function in s23_srvr.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o, and 1.0.1j does not properly handle attempts to use unsupported protocols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an unexpected handshake, as demonstrated by an SSLv3 handshake to a no-ssl3 application with certain error handling. NOTE: this issue became relevant after the CVE-2014-3568 fix.
Published: 2014-12-24
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 7.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-81-1 openssl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3125-1 openssl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3550 The ssl23_get_client_hello function in s23_srvr.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o, and 1.0.1j does not properly handle attempts to use unsupported protocols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an unexpected handshake, as demonstrated by an SSLv3 handshake to a no-ssl3 application with certain error handling. NOTE: this issue became relevant after the CVE-2014-3568 fix.
References
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http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10679 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-3569.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=3571&user=guest&pass=guest cve-icon cve-icon
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150310-ssl cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html cve-icon cve-icon
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https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=392fa7a952e97d82eac6958c81ed1e256e6b8ca5 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b82924741b4bd590da890619be671f4635e46c2b cve-icon cve-icon
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10102 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150108.txt cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:50:17.405Z

Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3569

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-24T11:59:00.057

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3569

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3569 - Bugzilla

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