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CVE-2015-0291 Detail

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Description

The sigalgs implementation in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by using an invalid signature_algorithms extension in the ClientHello message during a renegotiation.

Evaluator Description

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Metrics

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050297101809&w=2	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-03-24-openssl-vulnerabilities-march-2015	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73235	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031929	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa92	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202338	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Issue Tracking
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf	CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76343947ada960b6269090638f5391068daee88d	CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10110	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-11	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150319.txt	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Other	👁 cwe source acceptance level NIST

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-0291
NVD Published Date:
03/19/2015
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0291

⇱ NVD - CVE-2015-0291

CVE-2015-0291 Detail

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/16/2026 8:19:55 PM

CVE Status Change 5/06/2026 6:30:45 PM

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 9:22:44 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 11:27:14 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/06/2023 9:23:23 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/13/2022 7:15:14 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/29/2018 9:48:16 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/19/2017 9:29:05 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/02/2017 9:59:30 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 12/07/2016 10:06:51 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/28/2016 2:16:24 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/24/2016 10:00:39 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/22/2016 10:09:14 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/21/2016 9:59:34 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/11/2016 9:59:15 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/22/2015 10:00:33 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 7/16/2015 10:01:51 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 3/25/2015 10:00:54 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/20/2015 12:00:58 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 3/20/2015 9:12:22 AM

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