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IBM AIX: openssl_advisory21 (CVE-2016-6306): Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affects AIX

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IBM AIX: openssl_advisory21 (CVE-2016-6306): Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affects AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2017
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

The certificate parser in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted certificate operations, related to s3_clnt.c and s3_srvr.c.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-openssl_advisory21

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