CVE-2016-8610

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8610
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-13 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 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

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


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/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 v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/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
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

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected All 0.9.8 Not specified
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected All 1.0.1 Not specified
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h Not specified
CNA OpenSSL OpenSSL affected 1.1.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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

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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