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CVE-2016-6306 Detail

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.


Metrics

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.9 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 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 Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00011.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat 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 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 Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00032.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat 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/93153 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036885 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
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-2018:2185 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2186 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2187 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=52e623c4cb06fffa9d5e75c60b34b4bc130b12e9 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05302448 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05302448 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
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=SB10215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor 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://support.f5.com/csp/article/K90492697 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03856en_us CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03856en_us 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.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party 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-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 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 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_mcrp:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_sso:10.0:*:*:*:certd:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_sso:10.0:*:*:*:dfw:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_sso_agent_option:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_web_scripting:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 4 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 5 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
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From (including)
0.10.0
Up to (excluding)
0.10.47
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
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From (including)
0.12.0
Up to (excluding)
0.12.16
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
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From (including)
4.0.0
Up to (including)
4.1.2
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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From (including)
4.2.0
Up to (excluding)
4.6.0
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.0.0
Up to (including)
5.12.0
 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.0.0
Up to (excluding)
6.7.0

Configuration 6 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 7 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6306
NVD Published Date:
09/26/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.