| Name | CVE-2014-4911 |
| Description | The ssl_decrypt_buf function in library/ssl_tls.c in PolarSSL before 1.2.11 and 1.3.x before 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the GCM ciphersuites, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon Defensics toolkit. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-36-1, DSA-2981-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 754655 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| polarssl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.3.9-2.1+deb8u4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2014-02
commit for 1.3.x branch: https://github.com/polarssl/polarssl/commit/0bcc4e1df78fff6d15c3ecb521e3bd0bbee86e1c
commit for 1.2.x branch: https://github.com/polarssl/polarssl/commit/5bad6afd8c72b2c3a6574dff01ca5f8f2f04800a