CVE-2015-5291 – Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201706-18

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2015-5291

02 Nov 2015 — Heap-based buffer overflow in PolarSSL 1.x before 1.2.17 and ARM mbed TLS (formerly PolarSSL) 1.3.x before 1.3.14 and 2.x before 2.1.2 allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hostname to the server name indication (SNI) extension, which is not properly handled when creating a ClientHello message. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected version ranges. See CVE-2015-8036 for the session ticket issue th... • http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170317.html • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer •