CVE-2015-5291

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5291
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-02 19:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arm Mbed Tls All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2015:2371-1: moderate: Security update for polarssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: mbedtls-2.1.2-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-5291: remote heap corruption in ARM mbed TLS / PolarSSL | Guido Vranken af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 guidovranken.wordpress.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3468-1 polarssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
mbed TLS: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-18) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:2257-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mbedtls-1.3.14-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
mbed TLS Security Advisory 2015-01 - Tech Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tls.mbed.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mbedtls-1.3.14-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
guidovranken.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/cve-2015-5291.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 guidovranken.files.wordpress.com Third Party Advisory
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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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