CVE-2015-5291

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5291
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-02 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-06-19 13:38:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arm Mbed Tls All All All All
Application Arm Mbed Tls All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl All All All All
Application Polarssl Polarssl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2257-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mbedtls-1.3.14-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
guidovranken.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/cve-2015-5291.pdf MISC guidovranken.files.wordpress.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: mbedtls-2.1.2-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
mbed TLS: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-18) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
mbed TLS Security Advisory 2015-01 - Tech Updates CONFIRM tls.mbed.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mbedtls-1.3.14-1.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-5291: remote heap corruption in ARM mbed TLS / PolarSSL | Guido Vranken MISC guidovranken.wordpress.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:2371-1: moderate: Security update for polarssl SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3468-1 polarssl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710439 Gentoo Linux mbed Transport Layer Security (TLS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-18)
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