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TITLE:
OpenSSL ClientHello Handshake Message Parsing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43227

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-02-11

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenSSL, which can be exploited
by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information or
cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when parsing certain
malformed ClientHello handshake messages, which can be exploited to
e.g. trigger an invalid memory access by sending specially crafted
ClientHello handshake messages to the server. Depending upon the
application, this may also lead to the disclosure of e.g. contents of
parsed OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) extensions.

Note: This only affects servers using the
"SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_status_cb()" function on their SSL_CTX (e.g.
Apache httpd version 2.3.3 or later).

The vulnerability is reported in versions 0.9.8h through 0.9.8q and
1.0.0 through 1.0.0c.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.9.8r or 1.0.0d or apply the patch.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Neel Mehta, Google.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20110208.txt

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