CVE-2017-1000385

Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000385
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-12 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe Erlang otp TLS server answers with different TLS alerts to different error types in the RSA PKCS #1 1.5 padding. This allows an attacker to decrypt content or sign messages with the server's private key (this is a variation of the Bleichenbacher attack).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-203 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Erlang Erlang/otp 18.3.4.7 All All All
Application Erlang Erlang/otp 19.3.6.4 All All All
Application Erlang Erlang/otp 20.1.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[erlang-questions] Patch Package: OTP 19.3.6.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 erlang.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
[erlang-questions] Patch Package: OTP 20.1.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 erlang.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
USN-3571-1: Erlang vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1207-1] erlang security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
[erlang-questions] Patch Package: OTP 18.3.4.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 erlang.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
The ROBOT Attack - Return of Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 robotattack.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Erlang/OTP CVE-2017-1000385 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4057-1 erlang af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
VU#144389 - TLS implementations may disclose side channel information via discrepancies between valid and invalid PKCS#1 padding af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296091 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 6.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
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