yaSSL HASHwithTransform::Update function denial of service
| yassl-hashwithtransformupdate-dos (39433) |  Low Risk |
Description:
yaSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an invalid memory access error in the HASHwithTransform::Update function. By sending a specially-crafted Hello packet, a remote attacker could crash the application.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- yaSSL, yaSSL 1.7.5 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of yaSSL (1.8.6 or later), available from the yaSSL Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2008-007 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216.
- Luigi Auriemma Advisories, 04 Jan 2008, Multiple vulnerabilities in yaSSL 1.7.5 at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/yasslick-adv.txt.
- yaSSL Web site, yaSSL Downloads at http://www.yassl.com/download.html.
- yaSSL Web site, yaSSL at http://www.yassl.com.
- BID-27140: yaSSL Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- BID-31681: RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-0227: yaSSL 1.7.5 and earlier, as used in MySQL and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Hello packet containing a large size value, which triggers a buffer over-read in the HASHwithTransform::Update function in hash.cpp.
- DSA-1478: mysql-dfsg-5.0 -- buffer overflows
- MDVSA-2008:150: Updated mysql packages fix vulnerabilities
- SA28324: yaSSL Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA32222: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- USN-588-1: MySQL vulnerabilities
- USN-588-2: MySQL regression
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0560: MySQL Multiple Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2780: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jan 04, 2008
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