CVE-2014-3470
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3470 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of openssl and openssl097a as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue does not affect the openssl098e as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2014:0679 | 2014-06-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2014:0625 | 2014-06-05 |
| Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 (openssl) | RHSA-2014:0628 | 2014-06-05 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openssl098e | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | guest-images | 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 |
| RHEV Manager 3 | rhev-hypervisor | Not affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the OpenSSL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Felix Gröbert and Ivan Fratrić of Google as the original reporters of this issue.External References
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