A denial of service flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled SSLv2 handshake messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a TLS/SSL server using OpenSSL to exit on a failed assertion if it had both the SSLv2 protocol and EXPORT-grade cipher suites enabled.
Find out more about CVE-2015-0293 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Update Support 6.5 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0303 | 2016-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Update Support 6.2 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0303 | 2016-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server) (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0304 | 2016-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Lifecycle Support 4 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0306 | 2016-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:0715 | 2015-03-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.6 server) (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0304 | 2016-03-01 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1 | RHSA-2016:0445 | 2016-03-14 |
| Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:0752 | 2015-03-30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Update Support 6.4 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0303 | 2016-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:0800 | 2015-04-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:0716 | 2015-03-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl098e) | RHSA-2016:0372 | 2016-03-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl098e) | RHSA-2016:0372 | 2016-03-09 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl097a | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix |
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