CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-2800

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: May 24, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities, denial of service and possible remote code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wolfssl Wolfssl * 3.10.2 (including)
Wolfssl Ubuntu artful *
Wolfssl Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Wolfssl Ubuntu upstream *
Wolfssl Ubuntu xenial *
Wolfssl Ubuntu yakkety *
Wolfssl Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References