NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openssl  (opens in a new tab)


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Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
55.29% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENSSL-616627
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed4 May 2017

Introduced: 4 May 2017

CVE-2017-3730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

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

In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0d, if a malicious server supplies bad parameters for a DHE or ECDHE key exchange then this can result in the client attempting to dereference a NULL pointer leading to a client crash. This could be exploited in a Denial of Service attack.