vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2023-6936: wolfssl -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 20, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

In wolfSSL prior to 5.6.6, if callback functions are enabled (via the WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS flag), then a malicious TLS client or network attacker can trigger a buffer over-read on the heap of 5 bytes (WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS is only intended for debugging).

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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