CVE-2014-8628 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by sending crafted X.509 certificates to applications using PolarSSL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-8628?
CVE-2014-8628 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.2.12 and 1.3.x before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted X.509 certificates. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions. See CVE-2014-9744 for the ClientHello message issue.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8628?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Polarssl Polarssl.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8628?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-8628 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8628 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2011-4574 Weak cryptography in PolarSSL
- CVE-2013-5914 Buffer overflow in the ssl_read_record function in ssl_tls.c in PolarSSL before 1.1.8, when using TLS 1.1, might allow remote attackers to e
- CVE-2014-8627 Security feature bypass in n/a
- CVE-2013-5915 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2013-4623 Denial of service in n/a
Sources
Also known as DLA-129-1, DSA-3116-1, GHSA-pq2v-pvrw-m6q9.