CVE-2014-3488

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3488
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-31 14:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe SslHandler in Netty before 3.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted SSLv2Hello message.

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-119 | 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 Netty Netty 3.6.0 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.1 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.2 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.3 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.4 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.5 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.6 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.7 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.6.8 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.7.0 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.8.0 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.8.1 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.9.0 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.9.1 All All All
Application Netty Netty All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2110-1] netty-3.9 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Netty.news: Netty 3.9.2.Final released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 netty.io Vendor Advisory
Fix a bug where SslHandler does not handle SSLv2Hello correctly · netty/netty@2fa9400 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Possible DoS by CPU exhaustion when using malicious SSL packets · Issue #2562 · netty/netty · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980762 Java (maven) Security Update for io.netty:netty-handler (GHSA-9959-6p3m-wxpc)

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