CVE-2012-0050

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2011-01-18
IAVA:
2012-A-0148, 2012-A-0153
Bugzilla:
782795: CVE-2012-0050 openssl: remote DTLS server DoS introduced in the CVE-2011-4108 fix

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-0050 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of openssl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl098e Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl097a Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 openssl096b Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 openssl Not affected

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