An invalid-free flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain DTLS handshake messages. A malicious DTLS client or server could send a specially crafted message to the peer, which could cause the application to crash or potentially result in arbitrary code execution.
Find out more about CVE-2014-8176 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does NOT affect the version of OpenSSL package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Base Score | 4.3 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS3 Base Score | 7.5 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | High |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2016:2957 | 2016-12-15 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:1115 | 2015-06-15 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:1115 | 2015-06-15 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | openssl | Will not fix |
Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | openssl | Not affected |
Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | openssl | Will not fix |
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | openssl | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl097a | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssl | Not affected |