CVE-2014-8176

Public on 2015-06-12

Modified on 2015-06-16

Description

An invalid-free flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain DTLS handshake messages. A malicious DTLS client or server could send a specially crafted message to the peer, which could cause the application to crash or potentially result in arbitrary code execution.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

7.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	openssl	2015-06-16	ALAS-2015-550

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-8176 Mitre: CVE-2014-8176