CVE-2014-0625 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in EMC RSA BSAFE SSL-J by triggering data processing during TLS handshake.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-0625?

CVE-2014-0625 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SSLSocket implementation in the (1) JSAFE and (2) JSSE APIs in EMC RSA BSAFE SSL-J 5.x before 5.1.3 and 6.x before 6.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering application-data processing during the TLS handshake, a time at which the data is internally buffered.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0625?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Dell Bsafe Ssl-J, Emc Rsa Bsafe Ssl-J.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0625?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-0625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wq7h-4ppp-95mc.

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