CVE-2016-6303

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6303
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-16 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:24:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the MDC2_Update function in crypto/mdc2/mdc2dgst.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All 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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security updates for all active release lines, September 2016 | Node.js CONFIRM nodejs.org Third Party Advisory
git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit CONFIRM git.openssl.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1370146 – CVE-2016-6303 openssl: Integer overflow in MDC2_Update() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
OpenSSL CVE-2016-6303 Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Public KB - SA40312 - September 22 2016 OpenSSL Security Advisory CONFIRM kb.pulsesecure.net Third Party Advisory
git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit MISC git.openssl.org
[R5] Nessus 6.9 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security CONFIRM www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
SA132 : OpenSSL Vulnerabilities 22-Sep-2016 and 26-Sep-2016 CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com Third Party Advisory
OpenSSL Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
[R2] PVS 5.2.0 Fixes Multiple Third-party Library Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security CONFIRM www.tenable.com
Juniper Networks - 2016-10 Security Bulletin: OpenSSL security updates CONFIRM kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt MISC www.openssl.org Vendor Advisory
IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, OpenVPN and GNU glibc affect IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware - United States CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com Third Party Advisory
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
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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