CVE-2016-8610
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-8610 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-11-13 22:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC |
| Description | A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-400 CWE-400
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Primary | 7.5 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Fujitsu | M10-1 Firmware | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netapp | Clustered Data Ontap | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector | - | All | All | All |
| Hardware | Netapp | Cn1610 | - | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Netapp | Cn1610 Firmware | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Data Ontap | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Data Ontap Edge | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | E-series Santricity Os Controller | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Host Agent | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Oncommand Balance | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Oncommand Unified Manager | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Oncommand Workflow Automation | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Ontap Select Deploy | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Service Processor | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Smi-s Provider | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Snapcenter Server | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Snapdrive | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Storagegrid | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Netapp | Storagegrid Webscale | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 0.9.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Openssl | Openssl | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Adaptive Access Manager | 11.1.2.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Application Testing Suite | 13.3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Communications Analytics | 12.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Communications Ip Service Activator | 7.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Communications Ip Service Activator | 7.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Core Rdbms | 11.2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Core Rdbms | 12.1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Core Rdbms | 12.2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Core Rdbms | 18c | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Core Rdbms | 19c | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Enterprise Manager Ops Center | 12.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Enterprise Manager Ops Center | 12.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Goldengate Application Adapters | 12.3.2.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Jd Edwards Enterpriseone Tools | 9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools | 8.56 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools | 8.57 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools | 8.58 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Retail Predictive Application Server | 15.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Retail Predictive Application Server | 16.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Timesten In-memory Database | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Weblogic Server | 10.3.6.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Weblogic Server | 12.1.3.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Weblogic Server | 12.2.1.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Oracle | Weblogic Server | 12.2.1.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Paloaltonetworks | Pan-os | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Paloaltonetworks | Pan-os | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Paloaltonetworks | Pan-os | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform | 6.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform | 6.4.0 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenSSL CVE-2016-8610 Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.openssl.org | Broken Link |
| CVE-2016-8610 OpenSSL Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.paloaltonetworks.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2019 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE-2016-8610: SSL-Death-Alert | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.360.cn | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| OpenSSL SSL3_AL_WARNING Alert Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive CPU Resources on the Target System - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3773-1 openssl | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 1384743 – CVE-2016-8610 SSL/TLS: Malformed plain-text ALERT packets could cause remote DoS | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2019 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE-2016-8610 OpenSSL Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.netapp.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-sec: CVE-2016-8610: SSL Death Alert: OpenSSL SSL/TLS SSL3_AL_WARNING undefined alert Remote DoS | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.FreeBSD.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Document Display | HPE Support Center | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.hpe.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit | MITRE | git.openssl.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 378210 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for openssl-perl (VZLSA-2017:0286)
- 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)
- 43834 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Comware Switches And Routers Using Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) and Intelligent Management Center Platform (iMC PLAT) Remote Denial Of Service (DoS) (HPESBHF03897)