CVE-2016-6302

HIGH

OpenSSL - Denial of Service via Short TLS Ticket

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The tls_decrypt_ticket function in ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not consider the HMAC size during validation of the ticket length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a ticket that is too short.

References (26)

Core 26
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2185
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2186
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92628
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036885
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2187

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.1038
EPSS Percentile 93.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (34)
openssl/openssl 1.0.1
openssl/openssl 1.0.1a
openssl/openssl 1.0.1b
openssl/openssl 1.0.1c
openssl/openssl 1.0.1d
openssl/openssl 1.0.1e
openssl/openssl 1.0.1f
openssl/openssl 1.0.1g
openssl/openssl 1.0.1h
openssl/openssl 1.0.1i
... and 24 more
Published Sep 16, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026