CVE-2014-3509

CVE Details

Release Date:2014-08-06
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


A race condition was found in the way OpenSSL handled ServerHello messages with an included Supported EC Point Format extension. A malicious server could possibly use this flaw to cause a multi-threaded TLS/SSL client using OpenSSL to write into freed memory, causing the client to crash or execute arbitrary code.

See more information about CVE-2014-3509 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 5.1
Vector String: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (openssl)ELSA-2014-10522014-08-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (openssl)ELSA-2014-10522014-08-13


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