Use-after-free in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-0209

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Use-after-free in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-0209

Published: December 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70413
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0209
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when in the d2i_ECPrivateKey function in crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Elliptic Curve (EC) private-key file that is improperly handled during import.


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-2015-0209

Install updates 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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