CVE-2017-3730

Publication date 4 May 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openssl	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
openssl098	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

1.1.0 only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H