Numeric Errors Affecting openssl package, versions >=1.0.1, <1.0.200 >=1.0.204.1, <1.0.209
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
44.87% (98th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-OPENSSL-471316
- published 2 Oct 2019
- disclosed 29 Jan 2016
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 29 Jan 2016
CVE-2016-2181 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade OpenSSL
to version 1.0.200, 1.0.209 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 Numeric Errors. OpenSSL is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. A malicious user can send a new epoch number together with a large sequence number to the server, causing the system to reject additional packets sent via DTLS to the server.
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=1fb9fdc3027b27d8eb6a1e6a846435b070980770
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.asc
- https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#y2017
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
- IBM Security Bulletin
- Oracle Security Advisory
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