CVE-2010-0740

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0740
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-26 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8l All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 0.9.8m All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware vCenter Server 4.1 Update 1 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02517 SSRT100058 rev.1 - HP-UX Running OpenSSL, Remote Unauthorized Inform' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
kb.bluecoat.com/index af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.bluecoat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssl.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VMSA-2011-0003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware vCenter Server OpenSSL Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.balabit.com
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.8 and Security Update 2011-004 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com
APPLE-SA-2011-06-23-1 Mac OS X v10.6.8 and Security Update 2011-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenSSL Record Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: openssl-1.0.0-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[syslog-ng-announce] syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.balabit.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02531 SSRT100108 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Apache-based Web Server, Remote Den' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
IBM AIX update for OpenSSL - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-27Vincent DanenNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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