Improper Access Control Affecting wolfssl/wolfssl package, versions [,3.11.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSL-2369434
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2017

CVE-2017-8855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfssl/wolfssl to version 3.11.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control wolfSSL before 3.11.0 does not prevent wc_DhAgree from accepting a malformed DH key.

References

CVSS Scores

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