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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 processi

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1 proof of concept on GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated
  3. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • OpenSSL OpenSSL

    All 0.9.8, All 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, 1.1.0

References 26

securityfocus.com

rhn.redhat.com

access.redhat.com

security.freebsd.org

seclists.org

debian.org

securitytracker.com

oracle.com

security.netapp.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

git.openssl.org

security.360.cn

GitHub · cujanovic/CVE-2016-8610-PoC