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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.17% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENSSLPERL-7996985
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed9 Feb 2015

Introduced: 9 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-0209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openssl-perl 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-perl package and not the openssl-perl 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.

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