CVE-2014-3567 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in OpenSSL by sending crafted session tickets.

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

What is CVE-2014-3567?

CVE-2014-3567 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 19 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in the tls_decrypt_ticket function in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0o, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1j allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted session ticket that triggers an integrity-check failure.

Weakness: CWE-399, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3567?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openssl Openssl.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3567?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2014-3567 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3567, GHSA-5cmf-xwq3-4rj3, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3567.

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