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CentOS: (CVE-2016-6302) CESA-2016:1940: openssl

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-6302) CESA-2016:1940: openssl

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/21/2016
Modified
05/05/2019

Description

The tls_decrypt_ticket function in ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not consider the HMAC size during validation of the ticket length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a ticket that is too short.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-openssl
  • centos-upgrade-openssl-devel
  • centos-upgrade-openssl-libs
  • centos-upgrade-openssl-perl
  • centos-upgrade-openssl-static

References

  • CVE-2016-6302
  • USN-3087-1
  • USN-3087-2
  • DLA-637-1
  • DSA-3673

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