# CVE-2014-3571: OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dere

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-01-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted DTLS message that is processed with a different read operation for the handshake header than for the handshake body, related to the dtls1_get_record function in d1_pkt.c and the ssl3_read_n function in s3_pkt.c.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142895206924048&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00021.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150310-ssl
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71937
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/feba02f3919495e1b960c33ba849e10e77d0785d
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148363.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033378
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142721102728110&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150108.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:019
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0066.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142496289803847&w=2
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10108
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10102

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