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OpenSSL Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder (CVE-2016-2108)

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OpenSSL Memory corruption in the ASN.1 encoder (CVE-2016-2108)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2016
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue.

Solution(s)

  • http-openssl-1_0_1-upgrade-1_0_1_o
  • http-openssl-1_0_2-upgrade-1_0_2_c

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References

  • http-openssl-1_0_1-upgrade-1_0_1_o
  • http-openssl-1_0_2-upgrade-1_0_2_c

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