Erlang/OTP before 18.0-rc1 does not properly check CBC padding bytes when terminating connections, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle attack, a variant of CVE-2014-3566 (aka POODLE).
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/6
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00124.html
https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/12/08/poodleagain.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20150905124006/http://www.erlang.org/news/85
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3571-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73398
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/9
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2016-04-07
Updated: 2025-04-12
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.00803