RULE(RULE ID:711197)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2017-06-20
Rule Name: PROTOCOL-SSL Openssl Encrypt-then-mac Renegotiation Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-3733)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: During a renegotiation handshake if the Encrypt-Then-Mac extension is negotiated where it was not in the original handshake (or vice-versa) then this can cause OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0e to crash (dependent on ciphersuite). Both clients and servers are affected.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Solaris, Other Unix, FreeBSD, Linux
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:96269
SecurityTrackerID:1037846
Solutions
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https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20170216.txt