Unscored severity · published Nov 2, 2015
CVE-2015-5291
Heap-based buffer overflow in PolarSSL 1.x before 1.2.17 and ARM mbed TLS (formerly PolarSSL) 1.3.x before 1.3.14 and 2.x before 2.1.2 allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial…
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CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in PolarSSL 1.x before 1.2.17 and ARM mbed TLS (formerly PolarSSL) 1.3.x before 1.3.14 and 2.x before 2.1.2 allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hostname to the server name indication (SNI) extension, which is not properly handled when creating a ClientHello message. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected version ranges. See CVE-2015-8036 for the session ticket issue that was introduced in 1.3.0.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
21; 22; 23 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
MT
Mbed Tls · Trustedfirmware
1.3.0 before 1.3.14; 2.0.0 before 2.1.2 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.2 · source: NVD
PO
Polarssl · Polarssl
1.0.0 before 1.2.17 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5291
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5291
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170317.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169625.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169765.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00013.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00119.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3468
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