Debian: DSA-2836-2 Critical OpenSSL Flaw Leading to TLS Denial of Service
debian
January 7, 2014
Anton Johannson discovered that an invalid TLS handshake package could crash OpenSSL with a NULL pointer dereference
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Summary
Anton Johannson discovered that an invalid TLS handshake package could
crash OpenSSL with a NULL pointer dereference.
The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1f-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: openssl
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4353
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