Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openssl  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENSSL-604976
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed5 Mar 2010

Introduced: 5 Mar 2010

CVE-2010-0433  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by Debian.

The kssl_keytab_is_available function in ssl/kssl.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8n, when Kerberos is enabled but Kerberos configuration files cannot be opened, does not check a certain return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via SSL cipher negotiation, as demonstrated by a chroot installation of Dovecot or stunnel without Kerberos configuration files inside the chroot.

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