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CVE-2013-6450

The DTLS retransmission implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0l and 1.0.1 ...

Medium CVSS 5.8

Overview

The DTLS retransmission implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0l and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1f does not properly maintain data structures for digest and encryption contexts, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger the use of a different context and cause a denial of service (application crash) by interfering with packet delivery, related to ssl/d1_both.c and ssl/t1_enc.c.

CWE: CWE-310 Published: 2014-01-01T16:05:15.017
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 5.8 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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