CVE-2010-0740
The 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
02 Description
The 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 20.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-03-26 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 694b69480cef6e95bb49117868367b038b4cc4c3a0897e321696457bb7ff797f
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com42724http://secunia.com/advisories/42724
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723
- marc.infoHPSBUX02531http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557640302499&w=2
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-06-23-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
- www.openssl.orghttp://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt
- lists.balabit.com[syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.0.6a has been releasedhttps://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0710http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0710
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0839http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:076http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076
- marc.infoHPSBUX02517http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2
- lists.balabit.com[syslog-ng-announce] 20110110 syslog-ng Premium Edition 3.2.1a has been releasedhttps://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html
- www.securitytracker.com1023748http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748
- secunia.com39932http://secunia.com/advisories/39932
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0933http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- kb.bluecoat.comhttps://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11731https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11731
- www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com43311http://secunia.com/advisories/43311
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1216http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216
- secunia.com42733http://secunia.com/advisories/42733
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-5744http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8n-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8n-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssl Fixed in 0.9.8n-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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