Information disclosure in OpenSSL - CVE-2016-0800

 

Information disclosure in OpenSSL - CVE-2016-0800

Published: December 21, 2016 / Updated: November 8, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1914
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0800
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to decrypt sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of weak SSLv2 protocol, which requires to send a ServerVerify message before establishing that a client possesses certain plaintext RSA data. A remote attacker can decrypt TLS ciphertext data by leveraging a Bleichenbacher RSA padding oracle.

The vulnerability is dubbed "DROWN" attack.

Affected software

OpenSSL
NonStop Application Server for Java (NSASJ)
ProtecTIER Gateway for System Z (PID 5639-FPA)
ProtecTIER Entry Edition (PID 5639-PTC) - TS7610 / TS7620
ProtecTIER Appliance Edition (PID 5639-PTB) - TS7650AP1
ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition (PID 5639-PTA) - TS7650G
IBM Observability with Instana
NonStop Virtual TapeServer (VTS)
Storage Defender - Resiliency Service
N series Snap Creator Framework
SnapDrive for Unix
SnapDrive for Windows
IBM Integrated Management Module
HP System Management Homepage
Fedora
Slackware Linux
Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
openssl
openssl-solibs
openssl101e
openSUSE Leap
Integrated Data protection Appliance (IDPA)
Data Protection Search

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0800

Update to version 1.0.1s or 1.0.2g.

Storage Defender - Resiliency Service - update to 2.0.14
N series Snap Creator Framework - update to 4.3.1
SnapDrive for Unix - update to 5.3.1
SnapDrive for Windows - update to 7.1.4
IBM Integrated Management Module - update to YUOOH2B-1.5.1
openssl - addressed in versions 0.9.8zh, 1.0.1s
openssl-solibs - addressed in versions 0.9.8zh, 1.0.1s
openssl101e - update to 1.0.1e-8.el5
openssl - addressed in versions 1.0.1k-14.fc22, 1.0.2g-1.fc23, 1.0.2g-2.fc23
IBM Observability with Instana - update to 1.0.295
Integrated Data protection Appliance (IDPA) - update to 2.7.8 with DP Search 19.6.6
HP System Management Homepage - update to 7.5.4
Data Protection Search - update to 19.6.6
openSUSE Leap - update to 42.1

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

External References

Related Security Bulletins