Improper authentication in OpenSSL - CVE-2018-0733

 

Improper authentication in OpenSSL - CVE-2018-0733

Published: March 28, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11293
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0733
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify potentially sensitive information on the target system.

Th weakness exists in the PA-RISC CRYPTO_memcmp function due to improper authentication. A remote attacker can write arbitrary data.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-0733

Update to version 1.1.0h.

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