CVE-2012-2333

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    CVE-2012-2333

    Published: 14 May 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer underflow in OpenSSL before 0.9.8x, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0j, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1c, when TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, or DTLS is used with CBC encryption, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TLS packet that is not properly handled during a certain explicit IV calculation.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0699.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1306.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1307.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1308.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/49116, http://secunia.com/advisories/49208, http://secunia.com/advisories/49324, http://secunia.com/advisories/50768, http://secunia.com/advisories/51312, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2475, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:073, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820686, http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=22538, http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=22547, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081460.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092905.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00019.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00020.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134919053717161&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136432043316835&w=2, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784, http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability641549.html, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/737740, http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120510.txt, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53476, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027057, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75525

    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
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