CVE-2011-4619

openssl: SGC restart DoS attack

Published Jan 6, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 17.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly handle handshake restarts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2390-1 openssl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2454-1 openssl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4542 The Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly handle handshake restarts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1357-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03794}

epss

{'score': 0.04891}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:09 AM
Reserved
Nov 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 6, 2012, 1:55 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:35 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 4, 2012, 12:00 AM