CVE-2019-1559

MEDIUM

OpenSSL - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

If an application encounters a fatal protocol error and then calls SSL_shutdown() twice (once to send a close_notify, and once to receive one) then OpenSSL can respond differently to the calling application if a 0 byte record is received with invalid padding compared to if a 0 byte record is received with an invalid MAC. If the application then behaves differently based on that in a way that is detectable to the remote peer, then this amounts to a padding oracle that could be used to decrypt data. In order for this to be exploitable "non-stitched" ciphersuites must be in use. Stitched ciphersuites are optimised implementations of certain commonly used ciphersuites. Also the application must call SSL_shutdown() twice even if a protocol error has occurred (applications should not do this but some do anyway). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2r (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2q).

References (36)

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Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0496
EPSS Percentile 89.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-203
Status published

Affected Products (50)

openssl/openssl < 1.0.2r
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/altavault
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector
netapp/element_software
netapp/hci_management_node
netapp/hyper_converged_infrastructure
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Feb 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026