Code Injection in mbed TLS - CVE-2015-8036
Published: November 2, 2015 / Updated: July 23, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31776
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8036
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in a long session ticket name to the session ticket extension, which is not properly handled when creating a ClientHello message to resume a session. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2015-5291 per ADT3 due to different affected version ranges. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
mbed TLS
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8036
Update to version 2.1.2.
mbed TLS - update to 2.1.2
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169625.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00009.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3468
- https://guidovranken.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/cve-2015-5291.pdf
- https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/cve-2015-5291/
- https://tls.mbed.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/mbedtls-security-advisory-2015-01