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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 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.

    Published:Oct 24, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Nov 13, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.71829
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M10-1
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M10-1 Firmware
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M10-4
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M10-4 Firmware
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M10-4s
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M10-4s Firmware
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M12-1
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M12-1 Firmware
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M12-2
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M12-2 Firmware
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M12-2s
    Vendor
    Fujitsu
    Product
    M12-2s Firmware
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Clustered Data Ontap
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Cn1610
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Cn1610 Firmware
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Data Ontap
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Data Ontap Edge
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    E-series Santricity Os Controller
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Host Agent
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Balance
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Unified Manager
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Workflow Automation
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Ontap Select Deploy
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Service Processor
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Smi-s Provider
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Snapcenter Server
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Snapdrive
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Storagegrid
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Storagegrid Webscale
    Vendor
    Openssl
    Product
    Openssl
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Adaptive Access Manager
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Application Testing Suite
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Analytics
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Ip Service Activator
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Core Rdbms
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Enterprise Manager Ops Center
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Goldengate Application Adapters
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Jd Edwards Enterpriseone Tools
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Predictive Application Server
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Timesten In-memory Database
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Weblogic Server
    Vendor
    Paloaltonetworks
    Product
    Pan-os
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Tus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Core Services
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Web Server

    Exploits

    https://github.com/cujanovic/CVE-2016-8610-PoC

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    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0286.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1659.html
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/224
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93841
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037084
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1658
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2493
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2494
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8610
    https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401
    https://security.360.cn/cve/CVE-2016-8610/
    https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.asc
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0001/
    https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-8610
    https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03897en_us
    https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0286.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1659.html
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/224
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93841
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037084
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1658
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2493
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2494
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8610
    https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401
    https://security.360.cn/cve/CVE-2016-8610/
    https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.asc
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0001/
    https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-8610
    https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03897en_us
    https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

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