CVE-2016-2176

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    CVE-2016-2176

    Published: 5 May 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The X509_NAME_oneline function in crypto/x509/x509_obj.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via crafted EBCDIC ASN.1 data.

    References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-openssl-Updates.html, http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160504-openssl, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89746, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035721, http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.542103, https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf, https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2919516136a4227d9e6d8f2fe66ef976aaf8c561, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03756en_us, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03765en_us, https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40202, https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10160, https://support.apple.com/HT206903, https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html, https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa123, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-16, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160504-0001/, https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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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