CVE-2015-0286

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-0286  

An invalid pointer use flaw was found in OpenSSL's ASN1_TYPE_cmp() function. A remote attacker could crash a TLS/SSL client or server using OpenSSL via a specially crafted X.509 certificate when the attacker-supplied certificate was verified by the application.

An invalid pointer use flaw was found in OpenSSL's ASN1_TYPE_cmp() function. A remote attacker could crash a TLS/SSL client or server using OpenSSL via a specially crafted X.509 certificate when the attacker-supplied certificate was verified by the application.

Find out more about CVE-2015-0286 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 RHSA-2016:2957 2016-12-15
Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 (openssl) RHSA-2015:0752 2015-03-30
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) RHSA-2015:0716 2015-03-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) RHSA-2015:0715 2015-03-23

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 openssl Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 openssl Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 openssl Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 openssl Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openssl098e Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl098e Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl097a Not affected
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the OpenSSL project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Stephen Henson of the OpenSSL development team as the original reporter.

External References