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module

OpenSSL DTLS ChangeCipherSpec Remote DoS

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Disclosed
Apr 26, 2000
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module performs a Denial of Service Attack against Datagram TLS in OpenSSL
version 0.9.8i and earlier. OpenSSL crashes under these versions when it receives a
ChangeCipherspec Datagram before a ClientHello.

Authors

Jon Oberheide [email protected]
theLightCosine [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/dos/ssl/dtls_changecipherspec
    msf auxiliary(dtls_changecipherspec) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(dtls_changecipherspec) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(dtls_changecipherspec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(dtls_changecipherspec) > run
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