CVE-2016-2179

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-06-30
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not properlyrestrict the lifetime of queue entries associated with unused out-of-order messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by maintaining many crafted DTLS sessions simultaneously, related to d1_lib.c, statem_dtls.c, statem_lib.c, and statem_srvr.c.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
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 3.3 (openssl)	OVMSA-2016-0135	2016-09-27
Oracle VM version 3.4 (openssl)	OVMSA-2016-0135	2016-09-27