CVE-2016-0705 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Openssl

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-200 — Sensitive Information ExposureCWE-310CWE-39922 documents16 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV5.1
EPSS
21.8%
top 4.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
OpensslDebian OpensslOracle Mysql+5 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateNov 7

Description

Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c 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 corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA private key.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶debiandebian/openssl< openssl 1.0.2g-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianopenssl/openssl< 1.0.2g-1+3
▶Ubuntuopenssl/openssl< 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18
▶NVDopenssl/openssl26 versions+25
▶NVDoracle/mysql5.6.0 — 5.6.29+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10

Patches

Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jq9m-v5x9-ppg9: Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-0705: Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth↗2016-03-03
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OSV
openssl vulnerabilities↗2016-03-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

10
Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0014 Informational Bulletin: Impact of OSS CVEs in Cortex XDR Agent↗2024-11-07
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CISA ICS
Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices↗2022-12-19
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Apple
CVE-2016-0705: Xcode 8.1↗2016-10-27
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Android
CVE-2016-0705: Android Security Bulletin 2016-05-01 CVE: CVE-2016-0705 Severity: MEDIUM Affected AOSP versions: 4↗2016-05-01
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl: Multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilities↗2016-03-10
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

3
Qualys
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2016 | Qualys↗2016-04-22
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Qualys
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2016 | Qualys↗2016-04-22
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Tenable
[R12] OpenSSL &#039;20160301&#039; Advisory Affects Tenable Products↗2016-03-02
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
A Novel Model for Vulnerability Analysis through Enhanced Directed Graphs and Quantitative Metrics↗2021-12-13
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0705 OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code [fedora-all]↗2016-02-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0705 openssl101e: OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code [epel-5]↗2016-02-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0705 mingw-openssl: OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code [fedora-all]↗2016-02-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0705 OpenSSL: Double-free in DSA code↗2016-02-22
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CVE-2016-0705 — Debian Openssl vulnerability | cvebase