DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0798

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0798

    Published: 3 Mar 2016Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0798

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0798

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/openssl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.2g-1

    Affected versions

    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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