SB2015032009 - Buffer overflow in OpenSSL

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SB2015032009 - Buffer overflow in OpenSSL

Published: March 20, 2015 Updated: December 19, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2015032009
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0292)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the EVP_DecodeUpdate function in crypto/evp/encode.c in the base64-decoding implementation. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or possibly have unspecified other impact.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References