RULE(RULE ID:710106)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2016-03-28
Rule Name: PROTOCOL-SSL Openssl Anonymous ECDH Denial of Service Vulnerability -5 (CVE-2014-3470)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Solaris, Other Unix, FreeBSD, Linux
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:67898
Solutions
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