Resource Management Errors Affecting openssl package, versions >=1.0.1, <1.0.200 >=1.0.204.1, <1.0.207
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
68.35% (98th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-OPENSSL-470682
- published 2 Oct 2019
- disclosed 1 Mar 2016
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 1 Mar 2016
CVE-2016-0798 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade OpenSSL
to version 1.0.200, 1.0.207 or higher.
Overview
OpenSSL is a SSL/TLS and Crypto toolkit. Deprecated in Mac OS and gone in iOS, this spec gives your project non-deprecated OpenSSL support.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. OpenSSL is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. A malicious user can cause a memory leak by seeking to connect to the system with an invalid username. By opening multiple invalid connections this way, the malicious user can cause the system to run out of memory.
References
- Debian Security Advisory
- Gentoo Security Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=259b664f950c2ba66fbf4b0fe5281327904ead21
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl
- OpenSSL Security Advisory
- OpenSSL Security Advisory
- OpenSuse Security Announcement
- OpenSuse Security Announcement
- OpenSuse Security Announcement
- OpenSuse Security Announcement
- OpenSuse Security Announcement
- OpenSuse Security Announcement
- OpenSuse Security Announcement
- Oracle Security Advisory
- Oracle Security Advisory
- Oracle Security Bulletin
- Security Focus
- Security Focus
- Security Tracker
- Ubuntu Security Advisory