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OS X update for OpenSSH (CVE-2015-5334)

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OS X update for OpenSSH (CVE-2015-5334)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/29/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/29/2016
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

Off-by-one error in the OBJ_obj2txt function in LibreSSL before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possible execute arbitrary code via a crafted X.509 certificate, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. Note: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3508.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2016-002
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_11_2

References

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