Infinite loop in wolfSSL - CVE-2020-12457
Published: August 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45989
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12457
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The
vulnerability exists due to improper change_cipher_spec (CCS) message
processing logic for TLS 1.3. A remote attacker can send
ChangeCipherSpec messages in a crafted way involving more than one in a
row and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
wolfSSL
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12457
Install updates from vendor's website.
wolfSSL - update to 4.5.0