CVE-2016-2177

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-05-05

Description

OpenSSL through 1.0.2h incorrectly uses pointer arithmetic forheap-buffer boundary checks, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, related to s3_srvr.c, ssl_sess.c, and t1_lib.c.

See more information about CVE-2016-2177 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (openssl)	ELSA-2016-3627	2016-10-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (openssl)	ELSA-2016-1940	2016-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (openssl)	ELSA-2016-3621	2016-09-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (openssl)	ELSA-2016-1940	2016-09-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (openssl)	ELSA-2016-3621	2016-09-27
Oracle VM version 3.2 (openssl)	OVMSA-2016-0141	2016-10-13
Oracle VM version 3.3 (openssl)	OVMSA-2016-0135	2016-09-27
Oracle VM version 3.4 (openssl)	OVMSA-2016-0135	2016-09-27

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