CVE-2016-7054 (GCVE-0-2016-7054)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:30
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Title
ChaCha20/Poly1305 heap-buffer-overflow
Summary
In OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0c, TLS connections using *-CHACHA20-POLY1305 ciphersuites are susceptible to a DoS attack by corrupting larger payloads. This can result in an OpenSSL crash. This issue is not considered to be exploitable beyond a DoS.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • protocol error
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenSSL OpenSSL Affected: openssl-1.1.0
Affected: openssl-1.1.0a
Affected: openssl-1.1.0b
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Date Public ?
2016-11-10 00:00
Credits
Robert Święcki (Google Security Team)
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