CVE-2010-0433

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-01-19
IAVA:
2011-A-0066
Bugzilla:
569774: CVE-2010-0433 openssl: crash caused by a missing krb5_sname_to_principal() return value check

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The kssl_keytab_is_available function in ssl/kssl.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8n, when Kerberos is enabled but Kerberos configuration files cannot be opened, does not check a certain return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via SSL cipher negotiation, as demonstrated by a chroot installation of Dovecot or stunnel without Kerberos configuration files inside the chroot.

Find out more about CVE-2010-0433 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (openssl) RHSA-2010:0162 2010-03-25

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