78189 : OpenSSL RFC 3779 Certificate Data Parsing Assertion Failure Remote DoS
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Disclosure Date
2012-01-04

Description

OpenSSL contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered during the parsing of X.509 certificates that contain extension data related to Autonomous System (AS) identifiers or IP address blocks, which will result in an assertion failure. This may cause a loss of availability for the program.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.8s or higher or 1.0.0f or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
The OpenSSL Project
OpenSSL
 0.9.8r
1.0.0e
IBM Corporation
Hardware Management Console (HMC)
 V7R7.6.0
V7R7.7.0 (not affected)
Smart Analytics System
 1050 for Linux
2050 for Linux
5600 V1
5600 V2
5710
InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse
 C3000
C4000
D5100

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-01-06 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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