SB2018032804 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL
Published: March 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032804
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0733)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify potentially sensitive information on the target system.Th weakness exists in the PA-RISC CRYPTO_memcmp function due to improper authentication. A remote attacker can write arbitrary data.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0739)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to excessive stack memory consumption. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.