Resource management error in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-1792

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Resource management error in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-1792

Published: June 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77185
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2015-1792
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSL
Software vendor:
OpenSSL Software Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in the do_free_upto function in crypto/cms/cms_smime.c in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via vectors that trigger a NULL value of a BIO data structure.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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