National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1165
Original release date:03/15/2012
Last revised:05/04/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The mime_param_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted S/MIME message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7250.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-1424-1
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120312 Re: CVE request: openssl: null pointer dereference issue
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120312 Re: CVE request: openssl: null pointer dereference issue
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120312 Re: CVE request: openssl: null pointer dereference issue
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120312 Re: CVE request: openssl: null pointer dereference issue
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2454
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48899
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48895
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1308
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1307
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1306
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:0531
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:0488
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBOV02793
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100891
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-4630
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-4665
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100877
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBMU02786
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=22252
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)