DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0740

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0740

    Published: 26 Mar 2010Last Modified: 4 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2010-0740

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0740

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.8n-1

    Affected versions

    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