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Red Hat: CVE-2016-2842: Important: openssl security update ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 3, 2016
Added
Oct 6, 2017
Modified
Feb 19, 2026

Description

The doapr_outch function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by a large amount of ASN.1 data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0799.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-opensslredhat-upgrade-openssl-debuginforedhat-upgrade-openssl-develredhat-upgrade-openssl-libsredhat-upgrade-openssl-perlredhat-upgrade-openssl-static
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