Severity
5.9MEDIUM
EPSS
8.1%
top 7.83%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 26
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted certificate operations, related to s3_clnt.c and s3_srvr.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

Debianopenssl< 1.0.2i-1+3
NVDopenssl/openssl29 versions+28
NVDnodejs/node.js0.10.00.10.47+5
NVDhp/icewall_sso10.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g89j-86gv-84w2: The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 12022-05-13
OSV
CVE-2016-6306: The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 12016-09-26
CVEList
CVE-2016-6306: The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 12016-09-26

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Cisco
Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Affecting Cisco Products: September 20162016-09-27
BSD
FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl: Multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilities2016-09-23
Ubuntu
OpenSSL vulnerabilities2016-09-22
Red Hat
openssl: certificate message OOB reads2016-09-21
Debian
CVE-2016-6306: openssl - The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might al...2016

💬Community

6
HackerOne
Certificate message OOB reads (CVE-2016-6306)2017-05-25
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6304 CVE-2016-6306 openssl: various flaws [fedora-all]2016-09-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6304 CVE-2016-6306 openssl101e: various flaws [epel-5]2016-09-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6304 CVE-2016-6306 mingw-openssl: various flaws [fedora-all]2016-09-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6304 CVE-2016-6306 mingw-openssl: various flaws [epel-7]2016-09-22
CVE-2016-6306 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.9) | The certificate parser in OpenSSL b | cvebase.io