CVE-2015-0208

OpenSSL 1.0.2 - Denial of Service via RSA PSS Parameter Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The ASN.1 signature-verification implementation in the rsa_item_verify function in crypto/rsa/rsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted RSA PSS parameters to an endpoint that uses the certificate-verification feature.

References (17)

Core 17
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73230
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031929
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-11
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202369

Scores

EPSS 0.2816
EPSS Percentile 96.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
openssl/openssl 1.0.2 (4 CPE variants)
Published Mar 19, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026