Out-of-Bounds Affecting wolfssl package, versions <3.10.2+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-WOLFSSL-522888
  • published9 May 2017
  • disclosed9 May 2017

Introduced: 9 May 2017

CVE-2017-8854  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 wolfssl to version 3.10.2+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wolfssl package and not the wolfssl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

wolfSSL before 3.10.2 has an out-of-bounds memory access with loading crafted DH parameters, aka a buffer overflow triggered by a malformed temporary DH file.