CVE-2016-2179

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2179
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-16 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1l All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1m All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1n All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1o All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1p All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1q All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1r All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1s All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1t All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1h All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1i All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1j All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1k All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1l All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1m All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1n All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1o All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1p All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1q All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1r All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1s All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.1t All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2b All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2c All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2d All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2e All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2f All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2g All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.0.2h All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All

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Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
OpenSSL DTLS Fragment Processing Error Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Public KB - SA40312 - September 22 2016 OpenSSL Security Advisory CONFIRM kb.pulsesecure.net Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[R5] Nessus 6.9 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security CONFIRM www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
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[R2] PVS 5.2.0 Fixes Multiple Third-party Library Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security CONFIRM www.tenable.com
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Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[R1] LCE 4.8.2 Fixes Multiple Third-party Library Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security CONFIRM www.tenable.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
FreeBSD-SA-16:26 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org
OpenSSL CVE-2016-2179 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 390226 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (OVMSA-2021-0011)
  • 390284 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) (OVMSA-2023-0013)
  • 591280 Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Denial of Service (DoS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-349-21, SSA-412672)
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