CVE-2016-6306

MEDIUM

OpenSSL <1.0.1u, <1.0.2i - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted certificate operations, related to s3_clnt.c and s3_srvr.c.

References (56)

[Third Party Advisory] http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00022.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00023.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00024.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00031.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00005.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00011.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00012.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00021.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00029.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00010.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00011.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00032.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/31

[Third Party Advisory] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3673

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170322-01-openssl-en

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

... and 36 more

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0785

EPSS Percentile 91.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-125

Status draft

Affected Products (47)

openssl/openssl

... and 32 more

Timeline

Published Sep 26, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026