CVE-2015-0206 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption in OpenSSL DTLS implementation by sending duplicate records.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0206?
CVE-2015-0206 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 9 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the dtls1_buffer_record function in d1_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many duplicate records for the next epoch, leading to failure of replay detection.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0206?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openssl Openssl.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0206?
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-2015-0206 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0206 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0206, GHSA-8766-hj6c-9qw4, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0206.