CVE-2016-2179
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 16, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 29, 2016
Description
The DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not properly restrict 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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- RHSA-2016:1940vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03856en_us
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
- 1036689vdb-entry
- 92987vdb-entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- FreeBSD-SA-16:26vendor-advisory
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5c7f5dfbaf0d2f7d946d0fe86f08e6bcb36ed0d
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
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