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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openssl  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENSSL-620270
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed26 Sept 2016
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Introduced: 26 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6305  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl package and not the openssl package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The ssl3_read_bytes function in record/rec_layer_s3.c in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering a zero-length record in an SSL_peek call.

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