VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-1791

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability16.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-06-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Race condition in the ssl3_get_new_session_ticket function in ssl/s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zg, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0s, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1n, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2b, when used for a multi-threaded client, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by providing a NewSessionTicket during an attempt to reuse a ticket that had been obtained earlier.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references