CVE-2017-1000385 (GCVE-0-2017-1000385)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-12 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 22:00
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The Erlang otp TLS server answers with different TLS alerts to different error types in the RSA PKCS #1 1.5 padding. This allows an attacker to decrypt content or sign messages with the server's private key (this is a variation of the Bleichenbacher attack).
References
cve@mitre.org http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2017-November/094255.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2017-November/094256.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2017-November/094257.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102197 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0242
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0303
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0368
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0528
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00010.html
cve@mitre.org https://robotattack.org/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3571-1/
cve@mitre.org https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4057 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2017-November/094255.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2017-November/094256.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2017-November/094257.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102197 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0242
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0303
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0368
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0528
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://robotattack.org/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3571-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4057 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
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  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.