CVE-2016-8610

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8610
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-13 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-26 17:44:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Hardware Fujitsu M10-1 - All All All
Operating System Fujitsu M10-1 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Fujitsu M10-4 - All All All
Hardware Fujitsu M10-4s - All All All
Operating System Fujitsu M10-4s Firmware All All All All
Operating System Fujitsu M10-4 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Fujitsu M12-1 - All All All
Operating System Fujitsu M12-1 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Fujitsu M12-2 - All All All
Hardware Fujitsu M12-2s - All All All
Operating System Fujitsu M12-2s Firmware All All All All
Operating System Fujitsu M12-2 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Operating System Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector - All All All
Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector - All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - 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 Host Agent - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Balance - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Balance - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy - All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy - All All All
Application Netapp Service Processor - All All All
Application Netapp Service Processor - All All All
Application Netapp Smi-s Provider - All All All
Application Netapp Smi-s Provider - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter Server - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter Server - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdrive - All All All
Application Netapp Storagegrid - All All All
Application Netapp Storagegrid - All All All
Application Netapp Storagegrid Webscale - 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenSSL CVE-2016-8610 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM support.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE-2016-8610: SSL-Death-Alert MISC security.360.cn Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit MISC git.openssl.org
FreeBSD-SA-16:35 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3773-1 openssl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1384743 – CVE-2016-8610 SSL/TLS: Malformed plain-text ALERT packets could cause remote DoS CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
git.openssl.org Git - openssl.git/commit CONFIRM git.openssl.org Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-8610 OpenSSL Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: CVE-2016-8610: SSL Death Alert: OpenSSL SSL/TLS SSL3_AL_WARNING undefined alert Remote DoS MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT 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 SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE-2016-8610 OpenSSL Vulnerability CONFIRM security.paloaltonetworks.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.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

  • 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)
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