CVE-2016-2179 (GCVE-0-2016-2179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
Summary
The DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not properly restrict the lifetime of queue entries associated with unused out-of-order messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by maintaining many crafted DTLS sessions simultaneously, related to d1_lib.c, statem_dtls.c, statem_lib.c, and statem_srvr.c.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1025 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-08-22 00:00
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