Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU40791

Resource management error in Debian Linux - CVE-2015-0971

Published: May 14, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40791

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0971

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Debian

Affected software:
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The DER parser in Suricata before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to SSL/TLS certificates.

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