An integer overflow flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was found in the way the EVP_EncodeUpdate() function of OpenSSL parsed very large amounts of input data. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using OpenSSL or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running that application.
Find out more about CVE-2016-2105 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.6 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 | RHSA-2016:2056 | 2016-10-12 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server | RHSA-2016:1649 | 2016-08-22 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1 | RHSA-2016:1650 | 2016-08-22 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7 Server | RHSA-2016:1648 | 2016-08-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.7 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:2073 | 2016-10-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0996 | 2016-05-10 |
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2016:2957 | 2016-12-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0722 | 2016-05-09 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | openssl | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl097a | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssl096b | Will not fix |
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