CVE-2015-5291

Published Nov 2, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-331-1 polarssl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3468-1 polarssl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5268 Heap-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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Trustedfirmware
Trustedfirmware mbed Tls
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:arm:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:trustedfirmware:mbed_tls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Arm
Arm mbed Tls
Trustedfirmware
Trustedfirmware mbed Tls