CVE-2010-2939
Description
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Double free vulnerability in the ssl3_get_key_exchange function in the OpenSSL client (ssl/s3_clnt.c) in OpenSSL 1.0.0a, 0.9.8, 0.9.7, and possibly other versions, when using ECDH, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted private key with an invalid prime. NOTE: some sources refer to this as a use-after-free issue.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5 as they did not include support for ECDH.
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