SB2016050801 - NULL pointer dereference in IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900 



SB2016050801 - NULL pointer dereference in IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900

Published: May 8, 2016 Updated: July 13, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2016050801
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3194)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in crypto/rsa/rsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via an RSA PSS ASN.1 signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.