CVE-2019-15541

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Published Aug 26, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

rustls-mio/examples/tlsserver.rs in the rustls crate before 0.16.0 for Rust allows attackers to cause a denial of service (loop of conn_event and ready) by arranging for a client to never be writable.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rustls_project:rustls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6524	rustls-mio/examples/tlsserver.rs in the rustls crate before 0.16.0 for Rust allows attackers to cause a denial of service (loop of conn_event and ready) by arranging for a client to never be writable.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.233% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ctz/rustls/commit/a93ee1abd2ab19ebe4bf9d684d56637ee54a6074
https://github.com/ctz/rustls/compare/cd66549...17ee52c
https://github.com/ctz/rustls/issues/285

History

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Subscriptions

Rustls Project Rustls

Weaknesses

CWE-88

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:49 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 26, 2019, 11:49 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:49 AM
Reserved: Aug 25, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:20 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 26, 2019, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:20 AM

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