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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2016-2106 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the EVP_EncryptUpdate function in crypto/evp/evp_enc.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a large amount of data.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183457.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183607.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184605.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00011.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00013.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00015.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00017.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00018.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00019.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00029.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00030.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00036.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00055.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-openssl-Updates.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0722.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0996.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1648.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1649.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1650.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2073.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160504-openssl CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3566 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89744 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035721 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.542103 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2959-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa123 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3f3582139fbb259a1c3cbb0a25236500a409bf26 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03756en_us CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03765en_us CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10160 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-16 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160504-0001/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:17.openssl.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2106
NVD Published Date:
05/04/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.