# CVE-2017-13099: wolfSSL Bleichenbacher/ROBOT

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Fixed in: 3.12.2
- Published: 2017-12-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- wolfSSL: fixed in 3.12.2

## Description

wolfSSL prior to version 3.12.2 provides a weak Bleichenbacher oracle when any TLS cipher suite using RSA key exchange is negotiated. An attacker can recover the private key from a vulnerable wolfSSL application. This vulnerability is referred to as "ROBOT."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wolfSSL, upgrade to a fixed version (3.12.2) per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102174
- https://robotattack.org/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-464260.pdf
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-002.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389
- https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/1229
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssl/bleichenbacher_oracle.py

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