CVE-2015-2774

5.9 MEDIUM

Published: April 07, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Erlang/OTP before 18.0-rc1 does not properly check CBC padding bytes when terminating connections, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle attack, a variant of CVE-2014-3566 (aka POODLE).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00124.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73398

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3571-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://web.archive.org/web/20150905124006/http://www.erlang.org/news/85

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/12/08/poodleagain.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Technical Description

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00124.html