CVE-2015-1182

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1182
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-27 20:59:14 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe asn1_get_sequence_of function in library/asn1parse.c in PolarSSL 1.0 through 1.2.12 and 1.3.x through 1.3.9 does not properly initialize a pointer in the asn1_sequence linked list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASN.1 sequence in a certificate.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.0.0 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 1.1.7 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.1.8 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.10 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.11 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.12 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 1.2.8 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.2.9 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.0 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.0 alpha1 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.0 rc0 All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.1 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.3 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.4 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.5 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.6 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.7 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.8 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl 1.3.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA62610 - Debian update for polarssl - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62270 - PolarSSL "asn1_get_sequence_of()" Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
PolarSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-15) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: polarssl-1.3.9-3.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
PolarSSL Security Advisory 2014-04 - Tech Updates - mbed TLS (Previously PolarSSL) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 polarssl.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: polarssl-1.2.12-3.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3136-1 polarssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0186-1: moderate: Security update for polarssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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