CVE-2018-0739

Constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition could exceed the stack

Published Mar 27, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 18.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition (such as can be found in PKCS7) could eventually exceed the stack given malicious input with excessive recursion. This could result in a Denial Of Service attack. There are no such structures used within SSL/TLS that come from untrusted sources so this is considered safe. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0h (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0g). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2o (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2n).

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1330-1 openssl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4157-1 openssl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4158-1 openssl1.0 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3611-1 OpenSSL vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3611-2 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103518 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105609 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040576 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3090 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3221 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0367 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1711 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1712 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2ac4c6f7b2b2af20c0e2b0ba05367e454cd11b33 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9310d45087ae546e27e61ddf8f6367f29848220d cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00033.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/march-2018-security-releases/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0739 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-21 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-53 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180330-0002/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180726-0002/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/133 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3611-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3611-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0739 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4157 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4158 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20180327.txt cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-04 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-06 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-07 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
openssl
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:35 PM
Reserved
Nov 30, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 27, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:31 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 27, 2018, 12:00 AM