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CVE-2012-0050

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Description

OpenSSL 0.9.8s and 1.0.0f does not properly support DTLS applications, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-4108.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026548

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51563

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120118.txt

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:011

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2392

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784

http://secunia.com/advisories/57353

http://secunia.com/advisories/48528

http://secunia.com/advisories/47755

http://secunia.com/advisories/47677

http://secunia.com/advisories/47631

http://osvdb.org/78320

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134039053214295&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951357207000&w=2

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html

http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03169289

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory3.asc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-01-19

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03148

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