| Release Date: | 2014-08-06 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
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.
| 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 |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (openssl) | ELSA-2014-1052 | 2014-08-13 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (openssl) | ELSA-2014-1052 | 2014-08-13 |
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