CVE-2010-0740

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    CVE-2010-0740

    Published: 26 Mar 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The ssl3_get_record function in ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8m allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    References: http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/39932, http://secunia.com/advisories/42724, http://secunia.com/advisories/42733, http://secunia.com/advisories/43311, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:076, http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0710, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0839, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0933, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1216, http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20100324.txt, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0710, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038587.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127128920008563&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557640302499&w=2, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023748, http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html, https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA50, https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000101.html, https://lists.balabit.com/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2011-January/000102.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11731

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High