Buffer overflow in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-0287
Published: December 16, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70404
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-2015-0287
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenSSL Software Foundation
Affected software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the ASN1_item_ex_d2i function in crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0287
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150319.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202380
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=b717b083073b6cacc0a5e2397b661678aff7ae7f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152844.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152733.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152734.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3197
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00062.html
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15%3A06.openssl.asc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00022.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2537-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031929
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00027.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0716.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:063
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:062
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0752.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0715.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142841429220765&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0800.html
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1384453
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/156823.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157177.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa92
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143213830203296&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-11
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10680
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00037.html
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10110
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73227
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642