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title: "CVE-2014-3470\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3470

Publication date 5 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The ssl3\_send\_client\_key\_exchange function in s3\_clnt.c in OpenSSL before
0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous
ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL
certificate value.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openssl | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1.0.1e-3ubuntu1.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.14 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| openssl098 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3470)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3470)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3470)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3470)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2232-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2232-1)
+ OpenSSL vulnerabilities
+ 5 June 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3470>