Vulnerability identifier: #VU65123
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
wolfSSL
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: wolfSSL
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an implementation error in DTLS 1.0/1.2, which causes the return-routability check, intended to protect application against DoS attacks, to be wrongly skipped in a specific edge case. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by consuming excessive resources on the server.Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
wolfSSL: 2.0.3 - 5.3.0
External links
http://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/releases/tag/v5.4.0-stable
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.