CVE-2015-0291: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Mon Mar 16 2015(Updated: )
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled renegotiation requests with an invalid Signature Algorithms extension. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause an OpenSSL server to crash. This issue affects OpenSSL version 1.0.2, and was fixed in version 1.0.2a. Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank the OpenSSL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges David Ramos of Stanford University as the original reporter.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2 | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2-beta1 | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2-beta2 | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2-beta3 | |
| redhat/openssl | <1.0.2 | 1.0.2 |
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