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wolfssl — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12457

An issue was discovered in wolfSSL before 4.5.0. It mishandles the change_cipher_spec (CCS) message processing logic for TLS 1.3. If an attacker sends ChangeCipherSpec messages in a crafted way involving more than one in a row, the server becomes stuck in the ProcessReply() loop, i.e., a denial of service.

Products
wolfssl
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.5.0+dfsg-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-12457
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12457

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Aug 2020, 14:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in wolfSSL before 4.5.0. It mishandles the change_cipher_spec (CCS) message processing logic for TLS 1.3. If an attacker sends ChangeCipherSpec messages in a crafted way involving more than one in a row, the server becomes stuck in the ProcessReply() loop, i.e., a denial of service.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12457

wolfssl

Fixed versions: 4.5.0+dfsg-1

wolfssl

Fixed versions: 4.5.0+dfsg-1

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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