CVE-2014-8275

Description

OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k does not enforce certain constraints on certificate data, which allows remote attackers to defeat a fingerprint-based certificate-blacklist protection mechanism by including crafted data within a certificate's unsigned portion, related to crypto/asn1/a_verify.c, crypto/dsa/dsa_asn1.c, crypto/ecdsa/ecs_vrf.c, and crypto/x509/x_all.c.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.51% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142895206924048&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00021.html vendor advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150310-ssl vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142720981827617&w=2 vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT204659
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148363.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033378 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142721102728110&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00011.html vendor advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150108.txt vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:019 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10679
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00037.html vendor advisory
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/cb62ab4b17818fe66d2fed0a7fe71969131c811b
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0066.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142496289803847&w=2 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html vendor advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10102
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00026.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71935 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0800.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050205101530&w=2 vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142496179803395&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:062 vendor advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050254401665&w=2 vendor advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa88
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3125 vendor advisory
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/684400ce192dac51df3d3e92b61830a6ef90be3e

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8275?
CVE-2014-8275 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8275?
To fix CVE-2014-8275, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8275 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-8275 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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