CVE-2016-0798

OpenSSL: Avoid memory leak in SRP

Published Mar 3, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 24.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3500-1 openssl security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2914-1 OpenSSL vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3500 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83705 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035133 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2914-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=259b664f950c2ba66fbf4b0fe5281327904ead21 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us cve-icon cve-icon
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0798 cve-icon
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-15 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0798 cve-icon
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:30 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2016, 8:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:38 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 25, 2016, 12:00 AM