What is the CVSS score of CVE-2013-4550?

CVE-2013-4550 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.0%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-4550?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2013-4550. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Fedora CVE-2013-4550

MEDIUM

Cryptographic Issues (CWE-310)

2013-12-24 secalert@redhat.com

Information Disclosure Fedora Bip

5.1

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.1 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 24, 2013 - 18:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 5.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Bip before 0.8.9, when running as a daemon, writes SSL handshake errors to an unexpected file descriptor that was previously associated with stderr before stderr has been closed, which allows remote attackers to write to other sockets and have an unspecified impact via a failed SSL handshake, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-5268. NOTE: some sources originally mapped this CVE to two different types of issues; this CVE has since been SPLIT, producing CVE-2011-5268.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-310. Bip before 0.8.9, when running as a daemon, writes SSL handshake errors to an unexpected file descriptor that was previously associated with stderr before stderr has been closed, which allows remote attackers to write to other sockets and have an unspecified impact via a failed SSL handshake, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-5268. NOTE: some sources originally mapped this CVE to two different types of issues; this CVE has since been SPLIT, producing CVE-2011-5268. Affected products include: Fedoraproject Fedora, Duckcorp Bip. Version information: before 0.8.9.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.