Vulnerability Description
Race condition in a certain Red Hat patch to the PRNG lock implementation in the ssleay_rand_bytes function in OpenSSL, as distributed in openssl-1.0.1e-25.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by establishing many TLS sessions to a multithreaded server, leading to use of a negative value for a certain length field.
CVSS Score
MEDIUM
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 7.0 |
| Openssl | Openssl | 1.0.1e-25.el7 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1115.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75219
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032587
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225994
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00006.html
FAQ
What is CVE-2015-3216?
CVE-2015-3216 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). Race condition in a certain Red Hat patch to the PRNG lock implementation in the ssleay_rand_bytes function in OpenSSL, as distributed in openssl-1.0.1e-25.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and...
How severe is CVE-2015-3216?
CVE-2015-3216 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 4.3/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2015-3216?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Redhat Enterprise Linux, Openssl Openssl.