ALPINE-CVE-2016-2109

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    ALPINE-CVE-2016-2109

    Published: 5 May 2016Last Modified: 19 Nov 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2109

    Summary:

    Details: The asn1_d2i_read_bio function in crypto/asn1/a_d2i_fp.c in the ASN.1 BIO implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a short invalid encoding.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-2109

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssl

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/openssl?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.2h-r0

    Affected versions

    0.9.8i-r0
    0.9.8j-r0
    0.9.8k-r0
    0.9.8k-r1
    0.9.8k-r2
    0.9.8k-r3
    0.9.8k-r4
    0.9.8k-r5
    0.9.8k-r6
    0.9.8k-r7
    0.9.8l-r0
    0.9.8l-r1
    0.9.8m-r0
    0.9.8n-r0
    0.9.8n-r1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High