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title: "CVE-2012-1165\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-1165

Publication date 15 March 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The mime\_param\_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn\_mime.c in OpenSSL before
0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted
S/MIME message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7250.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1165?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openssl | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 1.0.0e-2ubuntu4.4 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 0.9.8o-5ubuntu1.4 |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.10 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| openssl098 | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.9.8o-7ubuntu1.2 |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1165?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

patch assumes 22144 is also applied
Cryptographic Message Syntax was added in 0.9.8h

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openssl | * Upstream:   <http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=22252> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1165)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1165)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1165)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1165)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1424-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1424-1)
+ OpenSSL vulnerabilities
+ 19 April 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1165>