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CVE-2015-1791

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl
6.8
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Race condition in the ssl3_get_new_session_ticket function in ssl/s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0s, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1n, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2b, when used for a multi-threaded client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by providing a NewSessionTicket during an attempt to reuse a ticket that had been obtained earlier.

How to fix

Remediation Available
opensslDebian
Fixed in:1.0.2b-1CVE-2015-1791
Fixed in:1.0.2b-1CVE-2015-1791
Fixed in:1.0.2b-1CVE-2015-1791
Fixed in:1.0.2b-1CVE-2015-1791
libssl1.0.0Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.15USN-2639-1
opensslUbuntu
Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.15USN-2639-1

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

15.97%probability of exploitation in 30 days
97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

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