CVE-2016-6302

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-08-23
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The tls_decrypt_ticket function in ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before1.1.0 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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
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