PT-2015-1691 · Openssl+9 · Openssl+12
Michal Zalewski
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Published
2014-10-24
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2015-1790
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
OpenSSL versions prior to 0.9.8zg
OpenSSL versions prior to 1.0.0s
OpenSSL versions prior to 1.0.1n
OpenSSL versions prior to 1.0.2b
Description
The issue is related to the PKCS7 dataDecode function in OpenSSL, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a PKCS#7 blob that uses ASN.1 encoding and lacks inner EncryptedContent data. This is due to errors in pointer handling. The vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or corrupt portions of OpenSSL process memory.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.9.8zg, update to version 0.9.8zg or later.
For versions prior to 1.0.0s, update to version 1.0.0s or later.
For versions prior to 1.0.1n, update to version 1.0.1n or later.
For versions prior to 1.0.2b, update to version 1.0.2b or later.
As a temporary workaround, consider only accepting PKCS7 files from trusted sources.
Exploit
Fix
NULL Pointer Dereference
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Cisco Ios
Cisco Ios Xe
Cisco Nexus
Cisco Wls
Hp-Ux
Ibm Aix
Junos
Openssl
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu