CVE-2016-2179
First published: Thu Jun 30 2016(Updated: )
It was discovered that the Datagram TLS (DTLS) implementation could fail to release memory in certain cases. A malicious DTLS client could cause a DTLS server using OpenSSL to consume an excessive amount of memory and, possibly, exit unexpectedly after exhausting all available memory.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/openssl | <0:1.0.1e-48.el6_8.3 | 0:1.0.1e-48.el6_8.3 |
| redhat/openssl | <1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.7 | 1:1.0.1e-51.el7_2.7 |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1 | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1a | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1b | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1c | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1d | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1e | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1f | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1g | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1h | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1i | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1j | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1k | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1l | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1m | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1n | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1o | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1p | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1q | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1r | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1s | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.1t | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2 | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2a | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2b | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2c | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2d | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2e | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2f | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2g | |
| OpenSSL OpenSSL | =1.0.2h | |
| Oracle Linux | =6 | |
| Oracle Linux | =7 | |
| redhat/openssl | <1.0.1 | 1.0.1 |
| redhat/openssl | <1.0.2 | 1.0.2 |
| debian/openssl | 1.1.1w-0+deb11u1 1.1.1w-0+deb11u2 3.0.15-1~deb12u1 3.0.14-1~deb12u2 3.3.2-2 |
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2179 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2179 https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369504
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1940
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2179
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92987
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036689
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
- http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=f5c7f5dfbaf0d2f7d946d0fe86f08e6bcb36ed0d
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.asc
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03856en_us
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03856en_us
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-2179
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5c7f5dfbaf0d2f7d946d0fe86f08e6bcb36ed0d
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/00a4c1421407b6ac796688871b0a49a179c694d9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1369507
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1369505
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1369506
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/cfd40fd39e69f5e3c654ae8fbf9acb1d2a051144
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2179
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2179
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2179
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2179
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