Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package openssl10 version 0.9.6l-alt2

March 17, 2004 Dmitry V. Levin 0.9.6l-alt2 - Fixed null-pointer assignment during SSL handshake CAN-2004-0079...

Vulnerability in OpenSSL CVE-2004-0079

The Codenomicon TLS Test Tool uncovered a null-pointer assignment in the dochangecipherspec function. A remote attacker could perform a carefully crafted SSL/TLS handshake against a server that used the OpenSSL library in such a way as to cause a crash...