CVE-2015-0286
MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctlDescription
The ASN1_TYPE_cmp function in crypto/asn1/a_type.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 does not properly perform boolean-type comparisons, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read operation and application crash) via a crafted X.509 certificate to an endpoint that uses the certificate-verification feature.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10680
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152733.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152734.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152844.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/156823.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157177.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00062.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142841429220765&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143213830203296&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050254401665&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0715.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0716.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0752.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3197
- http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-03-24-openssl-vulnerabilities-march-2015
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:062
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:063
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73225
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031929
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032917
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2537-1
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1384453
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa92
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202366
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3c7fb07dc975dc3c9de0eddb7d8fd79fc9c67c1
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10110
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642
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