CVE-2015-8036

Medium

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 session ticket name to the session ticket extension, which is not properly handled when creating a ClientHello message to resume a session. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2015-5291 per ADT3 due to different affected version ranges.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductPolarssl
PublishedNov 2, 2015
First seenNov 2, 2015

How to fix

Update
  • trustedfirmware mbed_tls1.3.14, 2.1.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
polarssl polarsslv ≤ 1.2.17—
trustedfirmware mbed_tls1.3.0 ≤ v < 1.3.14, 2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.1.21.3.14, 2.1.2
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—
fedoraproject fedora21—
opensuse opensuse13.2—

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CVE-2015-8036 · Polarssl · Dark Radar