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Debian: DSA-2931-1 Critical: OpenSSL DoS Risk Due To Memory Issue

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2014
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A vital patch for Debian’s OpenSSL mitigates a denial of service threat stemming from memory management vulnerabilities within do_ssl3_write().
It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in OpenSSL's do_ssl3_write() function could result in denial of service
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Summary

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in OpenSSL's
do_ssl3_write() function could result in denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u9.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1g-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1g-4.

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-2014-0198

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