PT-2013-5867 · Polarssl · Polarssl

Paul Brodeur · Published 2013-10-26 · Updated 2013-10-28 · CVE-2013-5914

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PolarSSL versions prior to 1.1.8

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the ssl read record function in ssl tls.c, potentially allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long packet when using TLS 1.1.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.8, update to version 1.1.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-5914

DSA-2782-1

Affected Products

Polarssl

References · 6

• http://debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2782 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5914 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5914 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5914 · Security Note
• https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2013-04 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5914 · Vendor Advisory