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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-6306

The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted certificate operations, related to s3_clnt.c and s3_srvr.c.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 41.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 41.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted certificate operations, related to s3_clnt.c and s3_srvr.c.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
41.68% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
openssl/openssl · hp/icewall federation agent · hp/icewall mcrp · hp/icewall sso · hp/icewall sso agent option · novell/suse linux enterprise module for web scripting · nodejs/node.js · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.