Check Point Advisories

OpenSSL Denial of Service (CVE-2010-0740)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-1341
Date Published:	28 Dec 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 09 June, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0740
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R82, R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	OpenSSL 0.9.8f OpenSSL 0.9.8g OpenSSL 0.9.8h OpenSSL 0.9.8i OpenSSL 0.9.8j OpenSSL 0.9.8k OpenSSL 0.9.8l OpenSSL 0.9.8m
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability in OpenSSL allows remote attackers to cause a crash via a malformed record in a TLS connection that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, related to the minor version number.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R82 / R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the OpenSSL Denial of Service (CVE-2010-0740) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: OpenSSL Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: OpenSSL Denial of Service (CVE-2010-0740)