Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-1787

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Input validation error in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-1787

Published: December 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70416
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1787
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the ssl3_get_client_key_exchange function in s3_srvr.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

OpenSSL
Gentoo Linux
dev-libs/openssl
FOS Firmware
QLogic 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module & SAN Switch Module for BladeCenter

How to mitigate CVE-2015-1787

Install updates from vendor's website.

OpenSSL - update to 1.0.2a
dev-libs/openssl - update to 1.0.1l-r1
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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