CVE-2013-4623

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4623
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-30 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2013-10-31 03:35:00 UTC
DescriptionThe x509parse_crt function in x509.h in PolarSSL 1.1.x before 1.1.7 and 1.2.x before 1.2.8 does not properly parse certificate messages during the SSL/TLS handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a certificate message that contains a PEM encoded certificate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 rc0 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.4 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.5 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.6 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.4 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.5 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.6 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.7 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 rc0 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.4 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.5 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.6 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.4 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.5 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.6 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2782-1 polarssl DEBIAN www.debian.org
PolarSSL Security Advisory 2013-03 - Tech Updates CONFIRM polarssl.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
ssl_parse_certificate() now calls x509parse_crt_der() directly · ARMmbed/mbedtls@1922a4e · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: polarssl-1.2.8-1.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: polarssl-1.2.8-1.fc19 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 997767 – CVE-2013-4623 polarssl: denial of service (infinite loop) when parsing certain PEM encoded certificates CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: polarssl-1.2.8-1.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
PolarSSL Certificate Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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