CVE-2014-3509
A race condition was found in the way OpenSSL handled ServerHello messages with an included Supported EC Point Format extension. A malicious server could possibly use this flaw to cause a multi-threaded TLS/SSL client using OpenSSL to write into freed memory, causing the client to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3509 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| RHEV Manager 3 (spice-client-msi) | RHSA-2015:0197 | 2015-02-11 |
| Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 (openssl) | RHSA-2014:1054 | 2014-08-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2014:1052 | 2014-08-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2014:1052 | 2014-08-13 |
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 | openssl098e | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl097a | Not affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix |