CVE-2016-0798

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    CVE-2016-0798

    Published: 3 Mar 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl, 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, 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://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt, http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt, 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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2914-1, https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-15

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 888759a1d38197f29de7227876c3b58fbff8549f
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.1
    1.0.1-beta1
    1.0.1-beta2
    1.0.1-beta3
    1.0.2
    1.0.2-beta1
    1.0.2-beta2
    1.0.2-beta3

    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
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