SSL: DTLS Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against OpenSSL DTLS. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended Description

OpenSSL is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability caused by a NULL-pointer dereference condition. An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Versions prior to OpenSSL 0.9.8i are vulnerable.

Affected Products

Openssl_project openssl

References

BugTraq: 35174

CVE: CVE-2009-1386

Short Name
SSL:DTLS-DOS
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
SSL
Keywords
CVE-2009-1386 DTLS Denial Service bid:35174 of
Release Date
06/10/2009
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3339
Port
UDP/666
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Red_hat

Suse

Hp

Avaya

Ubuntu

Mandriva

Netbsd

Vmware

Openssl_project

CVSS Score

5.0

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