UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0799

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0799

    Published: 1 Mar 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0799
    Aliases:
    USN-2914-1

    Summary:

    Details: The fmtstr function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g improperly calculates string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overflow and out-of-bounds read) 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-2016-2842.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0799, https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/openssl-cve-2016-0799-heap-corruption-via-bio_printf/, https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2914-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0799

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openssl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18

    Affected versions

    1.0.1e-3ubuntu1
    1.0.1e-4ubuntu1
    1.0.1e-4ubuntu2
    1.0.1e-4ubuntu3
    1.0.1e-4ubuntu4
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu1
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.1
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.2
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.3
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.4
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.5
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.7
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.8
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.11
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.12
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.15
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.16
    1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.17

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High