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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2176: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2176: OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The X509_NAME_oneline function in crypto/x509/x509_obj.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1t and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2h allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory or cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via crafted EBCDIC ASN.1 data.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-openssl

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