<p>Upgrade <code>RHEL:7</code> <code>openssl</code> to version 1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.4 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RHSA-2015:0716</code>.</p>

Use After Free Affecting openssl package, versions <1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.4

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Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-OPENSSL-1424893
published 26 Jul 2021
disclosed 9 Feb 2015

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Introduced: 9 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-0209 Open this link in a new tab CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openssl to version 1:1.0.1e-42.el7_1.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0716.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the d2i_ECPrivateKey function in crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Elliptic Curve (EC) private-key file that is improperly handled during import.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

Required

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

Low
Integrity (I)

Low
Availability (A)

Low