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Out-of-Bounds Affecting openssl package, versions <1.0.2g-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    71.7% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-OPENSSL-522871
  • published 3 Mar 2016
  • disclosed 3 Mar 2016
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Introduced: 3 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-2842 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 openssl to version 1.0.2g-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The doapr_outch function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by a large amount of ASN.1 data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0799.

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CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

5.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low