#VU45987 Resource management error in wolfSSL - CVE-2020-24585

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#VU45987 Resource management error in wolfSSL - CVE-2020-24585

Published: August 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45987
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24585
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
wolfSSL
Software vendor:
wolfSSL

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources with the application within the DTLS handshake implementation in wolfSSL. Clear DTLS application_data messages in epoch 0 do not produce an out-of-order error. Instead, these messages are returned to the application.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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