VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-4619
The Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly handle handshake restarts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 17.8%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly handle handshake restarts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 17.84% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- openssl/openssl
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory3.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092905.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00018.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132750648501816&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728068926468&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951357207000&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134039053214295&w=2
- 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/48528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57353
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004564
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2390
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/737740US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:006
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:007
- http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20120104.txtVendor Advisory
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory3.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092905.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00018.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132750648501816&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728068926468&w=2
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.