CVE-2012-1165

Publication date 15 March 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Status

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No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

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

Notes

jdstrand

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

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openssl	Upstream: http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=22252

CVE-2012-1165

Status

Notes

jdstrand

Patch details

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