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CVE-2016-6304 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00022.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00023.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00024.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00031.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00011.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00021.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00029.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00021.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00027.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00011.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00032.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139091/OpenSSL-x509-Parsing-Double-Free-Invalid-Free.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2802.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1659.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/47 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/62 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/31 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3673 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170322-01-openssl-en CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93150 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036878 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037640 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3087-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3087-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1658 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2493 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2494 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2c0d295e26306e15a92eb23a84a1802005c1c137 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10171 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-16 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1749-security-advisory-24 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1l:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1p:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1q:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 4 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
0.10.0
Up to (excluding)
0.10.47
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
0.12.0
Up to (excluding)
0.12.16
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
4.0.0
Up to (excluding)
4.6.0
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
From (including)
6.0.0
Up to (excluding)
6.7.0

Configuration 5 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_web_scripting:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6304
NVD Published Date:
09/26/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.