Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL



Published: 2016-09-16 | Updated: 2023-03-06
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
CVE-ID CVE-2016-2178
CVE-2016-2179
CVE-2016-2181
CVE-2016-2182
CVE-2016-2180
CWE-ID CWE-203
CWE-399
CWE-20
CWE-787
CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor OpenSSL Software Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.

1) Observable discrepancy

EUVDB-ID: #VU1589

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2178

CWE-ID: CWE-203 - Observable discrepancy

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform timing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error within the dsa_sign_setup() function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c. A local user can obtain a DSA private key via a timing side-channel attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenSSL: before 1.0.2i

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343400
http://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=399944622df7bd81af62e67ea967c470534090e2


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU1974

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2179

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in the Datagram TLS (DTLS) implementation. A remote attacker can initiate and maintain multiple crafted DTLS sessions simultaneously and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenSSL: before 1.0.2i

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2179
http://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=f5c7f5dfbaf0d2f7d946d0fe86f08e6bcb36ed0d


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU1975

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2181

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the Anti-Replay feature in the DTLS implementation when using a new epoch number in conjunction with a large sequence number. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack (false-positive packet drops) via spoofed DTLS records.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenSSL: before 1.0.2i

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2181
http://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=1fb9fdc3027b27d8eb6a1e6a846435b070980770


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU1968

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2182

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the BN_bn2dec() function in crypto/bn/bn_print.c in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenSSL: before 1.0.2i

External links

http://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=07bed46f332fce8c1d157689a2cdf915a982ae34
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2182


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU308

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2180

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the TS_OBJ_print_bio() function in crypto/ts/ts_lib.c in the X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP) implementation in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via a crafted time-stamp file that is mishandled by the "openssl ts" command.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenSSL: 1.0.2 - 1.0.2h

External links

http://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/0ed26acce328ec16a3aa635f1ca37365e8c7403a
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2180


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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