CVE-2011-4576

Public on 2012-01-06

Modified on 2014-09-14

Description

The SSL 3.0 implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly initialize data structures for block cipher padding, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by decrypting the padding data sent by an SSL peer.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

4.3

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	openssl	2012-02-02	ALAS-2012-38

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2011-4576 Mitre: CVE-2011-4576