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    CVE-2016-0798

    Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.

    Published:Feb 25, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 3, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.3321
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openssl
    Product
    Openssl

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00009.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00010.html
    http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt
    http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3500
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83705
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035133
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2914-1
    https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
    https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=259b664f950c2ba66fbf4b0fe5281327904ead21
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us
    https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168
    https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-15
    https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00009.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00010.html
    http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt
    http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3500
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83705
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035133
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2914-1
    https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
    https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=259b664f950c2ba66fbf4b0fe5281327904ead21
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us
    https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168
    https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-15
    https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High