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CVE-2016-6302

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
16/09/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The tls_decrypt_ticket function in ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not consider the HMAC size during validation of the ticket length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a ticket that is too short.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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