CVE-2015-2774

MEDIUM

Erlang/OTP < 18.0 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Padding Oracle Attack

Title source: llm

Description

Erlang/OTP before 18.0-rc1 does not properly check CBC padding bytes when terminating connections, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle attack, a variant of CVE-2014-3566 (aka POODLE).

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3571-1/

Release Notes x_refsource_confirm

https://web.archive.org/web/20150905124006/http://www.erlang.org/news/85

Technical Description x_refsource_misc

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/12/08/poodleagain.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73398

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00124.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/9

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0053

EPSS Percentile 67.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (3)

erlang/erlang\/otp < 18.0

opensuse/opensuse 13.2

oracle/solaris 11.2

Published Apr 07, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026