CVE-2014-8628
Description
Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.2.12 and 1.3.x before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted X.509 certificates. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions. See CVE-2014-9744 for the ClientHello message issue.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00079.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3116
- https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.12-released
- https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00079.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3116
- https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.12-released
- https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.