CVE-2016-6307

Published on: 09/26/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:11 PM UTC

CVE-2016-6307

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Certain versions of Openssl from Openssl contain the following vulnerability:

The state-machine implementation in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allocates memory before checking for an excessive length, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted TLS messages, related to statem/statem.c and statem/statem_lib.c.

CVE-2016-6307 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 5.9 - MEDIUM

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	HIGH	NONE	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	NONE	NONE	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
	Vendor Advisory www.openssl.org text/plain	CONFIRM www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2018	www.oracle.com text/html	CONFIRM www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2018	www.oracle.com text/html	CONFIRM www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2016	www.oracle.com text/html	CONFIRM www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
OpenSSL CVE-2016-6307 Denial of Service Vulnerability	cve.report (archive) text/html	BID 93152
git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit	Issue Tracking git.openssl.org text/xml	CONFIRM git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=4b390b6c3f8df925dc92a3dd6b022baa9a2f4650
[R5] Nessus 6.9 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory \| Tenable Network Security	www.tenable.com text/html	CONFIRM www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
SA132 : OpenSSL Vulnerabilities 22-Sep-2016 and 26-Sep-2016	bto.bluecoat.com text/html	CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132
OpenSSL Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker	www.securitytracker.com text/html	SECTRACK 1036885
[R2] PVS 5.2.0 Fixes Multiple Third-party Library Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory \| Tenable Network Security	www.tenable.com text/html	CONFIRM www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
Juniper Networks - 2016-10 Security Bulletin: OpenSSL security updates	kb.juniper.net text/html	CONFIRM kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, OpenVPN and GNU glibc affect IBM Security Virtual Server Protection for VMware - United States	web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived	CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017	www.oracle.com text/html	CONFIRM www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
[R1] LCE 4.8.2 Fixes Multiple Third-party Library Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory \| Tenable Network Security	www.tenable.com text/html	CONFIRM www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017	www.oracle.com text/html	CONFIRM www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Openssl	Openssl	1.1.0	All	All	All
Application	Openssl	Openssl	1.1.0	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE