A denial of service flaw was found in the way OpenSSL verified certain signed messages using CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax). A remote attacker could cause an application using OpenSSL to use excessive amounts of memory by sending a specially crafted message for verification.
Find out more about CVE-2015-1792 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does NOT affect the version of OpenSSL package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
| 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 |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:1115 | 2015-06-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2015:1115 | 2015-06-15 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl097a | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssl | Not affected |
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