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CVE-2016-2109 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-2109

CVE-2016-2109

HIGH7.5

The asn1_d2i_read_bio function in crypto/asn1/a_d2i_fp

Published May 5, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The asn1_d2i_read_bio function in crypto/asn1/a_d2i_fp.c in the ASN.1 BIO implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a short invalid encoding.

References(56)

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

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160504-openssl

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3566

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 5, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024