Insecure Defaults Affecting openssl package, versions [1.0.2,1.0.2a)[1.0.1,1.0.1m)[1.0.0,1.0.0r)[,0.9.8zf)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.37% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSL-2318601
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed19 Mar 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-0287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-453  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 1.0.2a, 1.0.1m, 1.0.0r, 0.9.8zf or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Defaults. The ASN1_item_ex_d2i function in crypto/asn1/tasn_dec.c does not reinitialize CHOICE and ADB data structures, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and memory corruption) by leveraging an application that relies on ASN.1 structure reuse.

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