Denial of Service in OpenSSL Affects Multiple Products
CVE-2016-7052

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Novell
Status
Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Web Scripting
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 September 2016

What is CVE-2016-7052?

A vulnerability in OpenSSL version 1.0.2i can be exploited by remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through a CRL (Certificate Revocation List) operation. This exploitation leads to a NULL pointer dereference, which in turn results in application crashes. Systems utilizing this version of OpenSSL are at risk, necessitating prompt updates to secure their operations.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuja...
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https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160926.txt
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EPSS Score

8% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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