CVE-2013-0166 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can crash applications using OpenSSL by sending invalid OCSP responses, causing a denial of service via null pointer dereference.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-0166?
CVE-2013-0166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 8 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenSSL before 0.9.8y, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0k, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1d does not properly perform signature verification for OCSP responses, which allows remote OCSP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an invalid key.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0166?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Openssl Openssl, Redhat Openssl.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0166?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-0166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0166, GHSA-f8qw-pqjg-gpv2, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0166.