The ssl23_get_client_hello function in s23_srvr.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0o, and 1.0.1j does not properly handle attempts to use unsupported protocols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an unexpected handshake, as demonstrated by an SSLv3 handshake to a no-ssl3 application with certain error handling. NOTE: this issue became relevant after the CVE-2014-3568 fix. <a href"http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>
Publication date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 17:59:00 +0000