Out-of-Bounds Affecting openssl-devel package, versions <1:1.0.1h-1.72.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
18.6% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-OPENSSLDEVEL-1674645
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed19 Mar 2015

Introduced: 19 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-0292  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 openssl-devel to version 1:1.0.1h-1.72.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-349.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-devel package and not the openssl-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer underflow in the EVP_DecodeUpdate function in crypto/evp/encode.c in the base64-decoding implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted base64 data that triggers a buffer overflow.

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