vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2959-1 (CVE-2016-2108): OpenSSL vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 3, 2016 | May 3, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 3, 2016
Added
May 3, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The ASN.1 implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1o and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and memory corruption) via an ANY field in crafted serialized data, aka the "negative zero" issue.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-libssl1-0-0
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