CVE-2016-2842

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    CVE-2016-2842

    Published: 3 Mar 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The doapr_outch function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by a large amount of ASN.1 data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0799.

    References: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145983526810210&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146108058503441&w=2, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84169, https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=578b956fe741bf8e84055547b1e83c28dd902c73, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05068681, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05086877, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05126404, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05131085, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05135617, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05141441, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150736, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150800, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05157667, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722, https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152, http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0722.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0996.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2073.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160321-0001/

    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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