#VU40408 Information disclosure in Oracle Solaris and Opensuse - CVE-2015-2774

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40408

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2774

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Oracle Solaris
Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Opensuse
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Oracle
SUSE

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Erlang/OTP before 18.0-rc1 does not properly check CBC padding bytes when terminating connections, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle attack, a variant of CVE-2014-3566 (aka POODLE).

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Solaris: 11.2

Opensuse: 11.2 - 13.2

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External links
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00124.html
https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/6
https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/9
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73398
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3571-1/
https://web.archive.org/web/20150905124006/
https://www.erlang.org/news/85
https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/12/08/poodleagain.html

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.