vulnerability

IBM AIX: openssl_advisory21 (CVE-2016-6302): Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affects AIX

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
2016-09-16
Added
2017-11-30
Modified
2025-04-24

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

ibm-aix-openssl_advisory21
Title
NEW

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