CVE-2015-6925 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) before 3.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or traffic amplification) via a crafted DTLS cookie in a ClientHello message.

Published: 2016-01-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6860	wolfSSL (formerly CyaSSL) before 3.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or traffic amplification) via a crafted DTLS cookie in a ClientHello message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00895.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://wolfssl.com/wolfSSL/Docs-wolfssl-changelog.html
https://github.com/IAIK/wolfSSL-DoS
https://wolfssl.com/wolfSSL/Blog/Entries/2015/9/17_Two_Vulnerabilities_Recently_Found%2C_An_Attack_on_RSA_using_CRT_and_DoS_Vulnerability_With_DTLS.html

History

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Subscriptions

Wolfssl Wolfssl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-22T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:36:34.387Z

Reserved: 2015-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6925

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-22T15:59:03.507

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6925

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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