vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-6306: Important: openssl security update (RHSA-2016:1940)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 26, 2016 | Oct 21, 2016 | Feb 19, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 26, 2016
Added
Oct 21, 2016
Modified
Feb 19, 2026
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.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-opensslredhat-upgrade-openssl-debuginforedhat-upgrade-openssl-develredhat-upgrade-openssl-libsredhat-upgrade-openssl-perlredhat-upgrade-openssl-static
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