SB2015032010 - Denial of service in OpenSSL
Published: March 20, 2015 Updated: December 19, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015032010
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1787)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the ssl3_get_client_key_exchange function in s3_srvr.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150319.txt
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=b19d8143212ae5fbc9cebfd51c01f802fabccd33
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202406
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031929
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa92
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73238
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-11
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10110
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html