NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-0288

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NULL pointer dereference in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-0288

Published: December 16, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70403
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0288
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 a NULL pointer dereference error in the X509_to_X509_REQ function in crypto/x509/x509_req.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

OpenSSL
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Slackware Linux
openssl
openssl-solibs
dev-libs/openssl
mingw-openssl
IBM Integrated Management Module
FOS Firmware
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter

How to mitigate CVE-2015-0288

Install update from vendor's website.

OpenSSL - addressed in versions 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0r, 1.0.1m, 1.0.2a
openssl - addressed in versions 0.9.8zf, 1.0.1m
openssl-solibs - addressed in versions 0.9.8zf, 1.0.1m
openssl - addressed in versions 1.0.1k-6.fc21, 1.0.1k-6.fc22
dev-libs/openssl - update to 1.0.1l-r1
mingw-openssl - addressed in versions 1.0.2a-1.el7, 1.0.2a-1.fc21, 1.0.2a-1.fc22
IBM Integrated Management Module - update to 1.49 YUOOG9A
FOS Firmware - addressed in versions 7.2.1e, 7.3.1b, 7.4.0a
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter - update to 7.10.1.35.00

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