CVE-2016-2108
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.0.2c-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.0.2c-1 |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2108.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00055.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-openssl-Updates.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0722.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0996.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.