CVE-2015-1790 Affecting openssl package, versions <1.0.2b-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
43.42% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-OPENSSL-373719
  • published12 Jun 2015
  • disclosed12 Jun 2015

Introduced: 12 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-1790  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable openssl to version 1.0.2b-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

The PKCS7_dataDecodefunction in crypto/pkcs7/pk7_doit.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0s, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1n, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a PKCS#7 blob that uses ASN.1 encoding and lacks inner EncryptedContent data.

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