CVE-2015-5333

Memory leak in the OBJ_obj2txt function in LibreSSL before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ASN.1 object identifiers in X.509 certificates.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2020-01-23

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Libressl (Libressl)
• Libressl (Openbsd)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

• http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.3.1-relnotes.txt
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00050.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133998/Qualys-Security-Advisory-LibreSSL-Leak-Overflow.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536692/100/0/threaded