SB2015032007 - Denial of service in OpenSSL 

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SB2015032007 - Denial of service in OpenSSL

Published: March 20, 2015 Updated: December 16, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2015032007
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0286)

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

The vulnerability exists due to the affected device does not properly perform boolean-type comparisons within the ASN1_TYPE_cmp function in crypto/asn1/a_type.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References