#VU70413 Use-after-free in OpenSSL - CVE-2015-0209
Published: December 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70413
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0209
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSL
OpenSSL
Software vendor:
OpenSSL Software Foundation
OpenSSL Software Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when in the d2i_ECPrivateKey function in crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Elliptic Curve (EC) private-key file that is improperly handled during import.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150319.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196737
- https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=1b4a8df38fc9ab3c089ca5765075ee53ec5bd66a
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152844.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152733.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152734.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3197
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00062.html
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15%3A06.openssl.asc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00022.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2537-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031929
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0716.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:063
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:062
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0752.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0715.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142841429220765&w=2
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1384453
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/156823.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157177.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa92
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050254401665&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143213830203296&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-11
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10680
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00037.html
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10110
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73239
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html