ChaCha20/Poly1305 heap-buffer-overflow

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7054
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneropenssl
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-04 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIn OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, TLS connections using *-CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuites are susceptible to a DoS attack by corrupting larger payloads. This can result in an OpenSSL crash. This issue is not considered to be exploitable beyond a DoS.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-284 | protocol error

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openssl Openssl 1.1.0 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.1.0a All All All
Application Openssl Openssl 1.1.0b All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected openssl-1.1.0 Not specified
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected openssl-1.1.0a Not specified
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected openssl-1.1.0b Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
OpenSSL CVE-2016-7054 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OpenSSL 1.1.0a/1.1.0b - Denial of Service - Linux dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
OpenSSL Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20161110.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openssl.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Robert Święcki (Google Security Team) (en)

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