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OpenSSL Missing CRL sanity check (CVE-2016-7052)

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OpenSSL Missing CRL sanity check (CVE-2016-7052)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/27/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by triggering a CRL operation.

Solution(s)

  • http-openssl-1_0_2-upgrade-1_0_2_j

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