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OpenSSL “HollowByte” Vulnerability Lets Hackers Crash Servers With Just 11 Bytes
A newly disclosed vulnerability in OpenSSL, dubbed “HollowByte,” allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition using a malicious payload as small as 11 bytes. Discovered by the Okta Red Team, the flaw exploits how OpenSSL pre-allocates memory during the TLS handshake, forcing servers to reserve massive memory chunks before any authentication […] The post OpenSSL “HollowByte” Vulnerability Lets Hackers Crash Servers With Just 11 Bytes appeared first on Cyber Security News.
A newly disclosed vulnerability in OpenSSL, dubbed “HollowByte,” allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition using a malicious payload as small as 11 bytes. Discovered by the Okta Red Team, the flaw exploits how OpenSSL pre-allocates memory during the TLS handshake, forcing servers to reserve massive memory chunks before any authentication ever…
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