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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:3477
HistoryFeb 07, 2017 - 1:31 a.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS) Through Memory Consumption

2017-02-0701:31:35
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

OpenSSL is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) through memory consumption. This can be triggered through a DTLS handshake method which forces OpenSSL to process a large amount of data, exhausting the memory.

References

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P