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CVE-2016-2179 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html 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/cpujul2017-3236622.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92987 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036689 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5c7f5dfbaf0d2f7d946d0fe86f08e6bcb36ed0d CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03856en_us CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2179
NVD Published Date:
09/16/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.