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CVE-2016-2108 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-2108

CVE-2016-2108

CRITICAL9.8

The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue

Published May 5, 2016

Modified 2 years ago

Details

The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue.

References(60)

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00010.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00011.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00013.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00014.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00016.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00019.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00030.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00036.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00055.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-openssl-Updates.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0722.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0996.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2073.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

9.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

9.8/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 5, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024