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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8610

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.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 39.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
39.66% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
openssl/openssl · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · netapp/cn1610 firmware · netapp/clustered data ontap antivirus connector · netapp/data ontap · netapp/data ontap edge · netapp/e-series santricity os controller · netapp/host agent · netapp/oncommand balance · netapp/oncommand unified manager · netapp/oncommand workflow automation · netapp/ontap select deploy · netapp/service processor · +25 more
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

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