Resource Exhaustion Affecting openssl package, versions <1.0.2j-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
52.11% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENSSL-373901
  • published13 Nov 2017
  • disclosed13 Nov 2017

Introduced: 13 Nov 2017

CVE-2016-8610  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 openssl to version 1.0.2j-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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.

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