UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8855

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8855
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8855.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8855
Upstream
Published
2017-05-09T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:19Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

wolfSSL before 3.11.0 does not prevent wc_DhAgree from accepting a malformed DH key.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wolfssl

Package

Name
wolfssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@3.4.8+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.8+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libcyassl5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl0"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8855.json"