CVE-2016-6304
openssl: OCSP Status Request extension unbounded memory growth
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Multiple memory leaks in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u, 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i, and 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large OCSP Status Request extensions.
Múltiples fugas de memoria en t1_lib.c en OpenSSL en versiones anteriores a 1.0.1u, 1.0.2 en versiones anteriores a 1.0.2i y 1.1.0 en versiones anteriores a 1.1.0a permiten a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) a través de grandes extensiones OCSP Status Request
A memory leak flaw was found in the way OpenSSL handled TLS status request extension data during session renegotiation. A remote attacker could cause a TLS server using OpenSSL to consume an excessive amount of memory and, possibly, exit unexpectedly after exhausting all available memory, if it enabled OCSP stapling support.
USN-3087-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. The fix for CVE-2016-2182 was incomplete and caused a regression when parsing certificates. This update fixes the problem. Shi Lei discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the OCSP Status Request extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service. Guido Vranken discovered that OpenSSL used undefined behaviour when performing pointer arithmetic. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue has only been addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in this update. CAsar Pereida, Billy Brumley, and Yuval Yarom discovered that OpenSSL did not properly use constant-time operations when performing DSA signing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cache-timing attack and recover private DSA keys. Quan Luo discovered that OpenSSL did not properly restrict the lifetime of queue entries in the DTLS implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume memory, resulting in a denial of service. Shi Lei discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled memory in the TS_OBJ_print_bio function. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the OpenSSL incorrectly handled the DTLS anti-replay feature. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-07-26 CVE Reserved
- 2016-09-22 CVE Published
- 2016-10-11 First Exploit
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-05-04 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (65)
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://packetstorm.news/files/id/139091 | 2016-10-11 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2" | beta1 |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2" | beta2 |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2" | beta3 |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2a Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2a" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2b Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2b" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2c Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2c" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2d Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2d" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2e Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2e" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2f Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2f" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.2h Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.2h" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.1.0 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.1.0" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1" | beta1 |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1" | beta2 |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1 Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1" | beta3 |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1a Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1a" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1b Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1b" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1c Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1c" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1d Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1d" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1e Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1e" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1f Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1f" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1g Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1g" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1h Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1h" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1i Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1i" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1j Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1j" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1k Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1k" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1l Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1l" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1m Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1m" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1n Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1n" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1o Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1o" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1p Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1p" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1q Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1q" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1r Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1r" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1s Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1s" | - |
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Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" | Openssl Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" | 1.0.1t Search vendor "Openssl" for product "Openssl" and version "1.0.1t" | - |
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Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs" | Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" | >= 0.10.0 < 0.10.47 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 0.10.0 < 0.10.47" | - |
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Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs" | Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" | >= 0.12.0 < 0.12.16 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 0.12.0 < 0.12.16" | - |
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Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs" | Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" | >= 4.0.0 < 4.6.0 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 4.0.0 < 4.6.0" | - |
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Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs" | Node.js Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" | >= 6.0.0 < 6.7.0 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node.js" and version " >= 6.0.0 < 6.7.0" | - |
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Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Web Scripting Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Web Scripting" | 12.0 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Web Scripting" and version "12.0" | - |
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