CVE-2009-1387 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL's DTLS handshake handling.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2009-1387?

CVE-2009-1387 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Jun 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The dtls1_retrieve_buffered_fragment function in ssl/d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.0 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence DTLS handshake message, related to a "fragment bug."

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1387?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Openssl Openssl, Redhat Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1387?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-1387 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1387, GHSA-rf8c-7g59-3m3m.

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