After receiving the certificate (either from client to server or server
to client) OpenSSL calls X509_cmp_time to perform various checks on the
certificate including comparison of notBefore and notAfter validity times
against the current time. The function allocates buffer to store bytes in
VisibleString. The malformed VisibleString can lead to a read read-access
violation, which leads to termination of application
Using crafted
certificate with malformed UTCTime or GeneralizedTime field Remote attacker can
exploit this vulnerability causing denial of service.
The vulnerability
is referred by CVE as CVE-2015-1789.
If your security devices
haven’t patch for this vulnerability, kindly look for update and patch it.
If you are using Security Devices from Dell
SonicWall, Dell SonicWALL has released an IPS signature to detect and block
exploitation attempts targeting this vulnerability. The signature is listed
below:
- 11109 OpenSSL X509 DoS
- 11110 OpenSSL X509 DoS 1
Have a good time
(Be knowledgeable, pass it
on then)
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