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ubuntu-cve-2019-1559
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-02-26 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

If an application encounters a fatal protocol error and then calls SSL_shutdown() twice (once to send a close_notify, and once to receive one) then OpenSSL can respond differently to the calling application if a 0 byte record is received with invalid padding compared to if a 0 byte record is received with an invalid MAC. If the application then behaves differently based on that in a way that is detectable to the remote peer, then this amounts to a padding oracle that could be used to decrypt data. In order for this to be exploitable "non-stitched" ciphersuites must be in use. Stitched ciphersuites are optimised implementations of certain commonly used ciphersuites. Also the application must call SSL_shutdown() twice even if a protocol error has occurred (applications should not do this but some do anyway). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2r (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2q).

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libssl1.0.0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "openssl",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "openssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl@1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.27+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
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            {
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "1.0.1e-4ubuntu1",
        "1.0.1e-4ubuntu2",
        "1.0.1e-4ubuntu3",
        "1.0.1e-4ubuntu4",
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        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.1",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.2",
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        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.4",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.5",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.7",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.8",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.11",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.12",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.15",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.16",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.17",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.19",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.20",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.21",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.22",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.23",
        "1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.24",
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    },
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          }
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      },
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        "1.0.2e-1ubuntu1",
        "1.0.2f-2ubuntu1",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu2",
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        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.1",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.2",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.4",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.6",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.8",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.9",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.10",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.11",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.12",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.13",
        "1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.14"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libssl1.0.0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "openssl1.0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "openssl1.0",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openssl1.0@1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.3?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            }
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        }
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      "versions": [
        "1.0.2n-1ubuntu2",
        "1.0.2n-1ubuntu3",
        "1.0.2n-1ubuntu4",
        "1.0.2n-1ubuntu5",
        "1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.1",
        "1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "If an application encounters a fatal protocol error and then calls SSL_shutdown() twice (once to send a close_notify, and once to receive one) then OpenSSL can respond differently to the calling application if a 0 byte record is received with invalid padding compared to if a 0 byte record is received with an invalid MAC. If the application then behaves differently based on that in a way that is detectable to the remote peer, then this amounts to a padding oracle that could be used to decrypt data. In order for this to be exploitable \"non-stitched\" ciphersuites must be in use. Stitched ciphersuites are optimised implementations of certain commonly used ciphersuites. Also the application must call SSL_shutdown() twice even if a protocol error has occurred (applications should not do this but some do anyway). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2r (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2q).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-1559",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:49Z",
  "published": "2019-02-26T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1559"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20190226.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/RUB-NDS/TLS-Padding-Oracles"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3899-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4376-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1559"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3899-1",
    "USN-4376-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-1559"
  ]
}



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