Out-of-Bounds Affecting openssl package, versions [1.0.2,1.0.2t)[1.0.1,1.0.1t)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
60.5% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSL-2318675
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed5 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 May 2016

CVE-2016-2176  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl to version 1.0.2t, 1.0.1t or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The X509_NAME_oneline function in crypto/x509/x509_obj.c allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via crafted EBCDIC ASN.1 data.

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