CVE-2015-6925 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted DTLS cookies in wolfSSL, requiring an upgrade to mitigate resource consumption risks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-6925?
CVE-2015-6925 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wolfssl Wolfssl, published on 22 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) before 3.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or traffic amplification) via a crafted DTLS cookie in a ClientHello message.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6925?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wolfssl Wolfssl.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6925?
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-2015-6925 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6925 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wolfssl Wolfssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6925, GHSA-m9j2-cgfg-36p9, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6925.