#VU84840 Out-of-bounds read in wolfSSL - CVE-2023-6936
Published: December 28, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84840
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6936
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
wolfSSL
wolfSSL
Software vendor:
wolfSSL
wolfSSL
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing a malformed ClientHello message in servers connecting over TLS 1.3 when the optional WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS has been defined. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.