UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16870

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16870
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16870.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16870
Upstream
Published
2019-01-03T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:01Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

It was found that wolfssl before 3.15.7 is vulnerable to a new variant of the Bleichenbacher attack to perform downgrade attacks against TLS. This may lead to leakage of sensible data.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / wolfssl

Package

Name
wolfssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@3.4.8+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/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_name": "libcyassl5",
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl0",
            "binary_version": "3.4.8+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / wolfssl

Package

Name
wolfssl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wolfssl@3.13.0+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.10.2+dfsg-2
3.12.0+dfsg-1
3.12.2+dfsg-1
3.13.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.13.0+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libwolfssl15",
            "binary_version": "3.13.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}