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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800809
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Denial Of Service Vulnerability in OpenSSL (Jun 2009) - Linux
Summary:OpenSSL is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
OpenSSL is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
A NULL pointer dereference error in ssl/s3_pkt.c file which does not properly
check the input packets value via a DTLS ChangeCipherSpec packet that occurs before ClientHello.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause DTLS server crash.

Affected Software/OS:
OpenSSL version prior to 0.9.8i.

Solution:
Upgrade to OpenSSL version 0.9.8i or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1386
35174
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35174
35571
http://secunia.com/advisories/35571
35685
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
35729
http://secunia.com/advisories/35729
36533
http://secunia.com/advisories/36533
38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
38834
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
8873
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8873
ADV-2010-0528
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
HPSBMA02492
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444
NetBSD-SA2009-009
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc
RHSA-2009:1335
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html
SSRT100079
SUSE-SR:2009:012
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
USN-792-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-792-1
[oss-security] 20090602 Re: Two OpenSSL DTLS remote DoS
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/02/1
[security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=17369
http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1679&user=guest&pass=guest
openssl-changecipherspec-dos(50963)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50963
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11179
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11179
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7469
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7469
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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