CVE-2014-3470 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash OpenSSL clients via NULL pointer dereference when anonymous ECDH ciphers are enabled, requiring library upgrades.

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

What is CVE-2014-3470?

CVE-2014-3470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 5 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3470?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mariadb Mariadb, Openssl Openssl, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3470?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-3470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3470, GHSA-rq9h-37gr-2m9p, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3470.

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