CVE-2016-0797 Affecting openssl-devel package, versions <1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
16.92% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-OPENSSLDEVEL-2061964
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Mar 2016

Introduced: 1 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-0797  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 openssl-devel to version 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.4 or higher.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple integer overflows in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption or NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long digit string that is mishandled by the (1) BN_dec2bn or (2) BN_hex2bn function, related to crypto/bn/bn.h and crypto/bn/bn_print.c.

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