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CVE-2014-3488 (GCVE-0-2014-3488)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-07-31 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:43
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Summary
The SslHandler in Netty before 3.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted SSLv2Hello message.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-07-29 00:00
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