CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2016-2105
HIGHEPSS 98th pctl7.5
CVSS v3
Description
Integer overflow in the EVP_EncodeUpdate function in crypto/evp/encode.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a large amount of binary data.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
39.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days
98thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00055.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00019.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-openssl-Updates.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0722.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0996.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1648.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1649.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1650.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2073.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160504-openssl
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3566
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89757
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035721
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.542103
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2959-1
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa123
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b814481f3573fa9677f3a31ee51322e2a22ee6a
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03756en_us
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