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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.