Out-of-Bounds Affecting polarssl package, versions <1.3.9-2.1+deb8u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.12% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-POLARSSL-344561
  • published13 Feb 2018
  • disclosed13 Feb 2018

Introduced: 13 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-0487  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 polarssl to version 1.3.9-2.1+deb8u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polarssl package and not the polarssl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.22, before 2.1.10, and before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a crafted certificate chain that is mishandled during RSASSA-PSS signature verification within a TLS or DTLS session.