Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wolfssl package, versions <4.2.0+dfsg-3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-WOLFSSL-581417
  • published10 Nov 2019
  • disclosed9 Nov 2019

Introduced: 9 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18840  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 wolfssl to version 4.2.0+dfsg-3 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In wolfSSL 4.1.0 through 4.2.0c, there are missing sanity checks of memory accesses in parsing ASN.1 certificate data while handshaking. Specifically, there is a one-byte heap-based buffer overflow inside the DecodedCert structure in GetName in wolfcrypt/src/asn.c because the domain name location index is mishandled. Because a pointer is overwritten, there is an invalid free.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1