Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting openssl-devel package, versions <1:1.0.1k-15.96.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.32% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-OPENSSLDEVEL-1703170
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed20 Jun 2016

Introduced: 20 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-2177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 openssl-devel to version 1:1.0.1k-15.96.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-755.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-devel package and not the openssl-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenSSL through 1.0.2h incorrectly uses pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, related to s3_srvr.c, ssl_sess.c, and t1_lib.c.

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