CVE-2010-0740 (GCVE-0-2010-0740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-03-26 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:59
VLAI
Summary
The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1036 records in the last 180 days details
References
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https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-ann… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/39932 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/o… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2010-03-24 00:00
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      "initial_release_date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "openssl: \"Record of death\" vulnerability in 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2010/cve-2010-0740.json",
      "version": "3"
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      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-02T13:05:03Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2010-0740",
      "id": "CVE-2010-0740",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:00:20Z",
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      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2010-0740",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2010-0740.json",
      "version": "24"
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  }
}



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