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CVE-2016-2181 Detail

Description

The Anti-Replay feature in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 mishandles early use of a new epoch number in conjunction with a large sequence number, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (false-positive packet drops) via spoofed DTLS records, related to rec_layer_d1.c and ssl3_record.c.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00032.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/31
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3673
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170322-01-openssl-en
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92982 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036690
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV Third Party Advisory 
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3087-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3087-2
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 Third Party Advisory 
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1fb9fdc3027b27d8eb6a1e6a846435b070980770
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312 Third Party Advisory 
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10215
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.asc
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K59298921
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1749-security-advisory-24
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2181
NVD Published Date:
09/16/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.