CVE-2014-3569
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 19.5% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3550)
- Published
- December 24, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3550 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openssl / openssl
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10679
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142496179803395&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142496289803847&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142721102728110&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142895206924048&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050205101530&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050254401665&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-3569.html
- http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=3571&user=guest&pass=guest
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150310-ssl
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3125
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:019
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:062
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71934
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033378
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa88
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=392fa7a952e97d82eac6958c81ed1e256e6b8ca5
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6ce9687b5aba5391fc0de50e18779eb676d0e04d
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b82924741b4bd590da890619be671f4635e46c2b
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10102
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10108
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3569
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150108.txt
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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