Memory leak in OpenSSL - CVE-2016-0798
Published: October 25, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82375
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0798
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack (memory consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c
Affected software
OpenSSL
Slackware Linux
IBM Integrated Management Module
openssl
openssl-solibs
Integrated Data protection Appliance (IDPA)
Data Protection Search
Slackware Linux
IBM Integrated Management Module
openssl
openssl-solibs
Integrated Data protection Appliance (IDPA)
Data Protection Search
How to mitigate CVE-2016-0798
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
OpenSSL - update to 1.0.1s
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
Integrated Data protection Appliance (IDPA) - update to 2.7.8 with DP Search 19.6.6
Data Protection Search - update to 19.6.6
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
Integrated Data protection Appliance (IDPA) - update to 2.7.8 with DP Search 19.6.6
Data Protection Search - update to 19.6.6
External References
- http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83705
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00006.html
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2914-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3500
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-15
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035133
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=259b664f950c2ba66fbf4b0fe5281327904ead21