Memory leak in wolfSSL - #VU50736

 

Memory leak in wolfSSL - #VU50736

Published: February 16, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50736
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak with TLS 1.3 authenticated-only ciphers when TLS 1.3 early data is enabled. A section of the server hello could contains 16 bytes of uninitialized data when sent to the connected peer. A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.


Affected software

wolfSSL

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

wolfSSL - update to 4.7.0

External References

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