CVE-2016-6305
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6305
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6305.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6305
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-26T19:59:01.597Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:31:49.992472Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The ssl3readbytes function in record/reclayers3.c in OpenSSL 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering a zero-length record in an SSL_peek call.
- References
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- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93149
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036879
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63658103d4441924f8dbfc517b99bb54758a98b9
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-16
- https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160922.txt
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/1563
Affected packages
Git / github.com/openssl/openssl
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/openssl/openssl
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
Affected versions
Other
BEFORE_engine
OpenSSL_0_9_1c
OpenSSL_0_9_2b
OpenSSL_0_9_3
OpenSSL_0_9_3a
OpenSSL_0_9_3beta2
OpenSSL_0_9_4
OpenSSL_0_9_5a
OpenSSL_0_9_5a-beta1
OpenSSL_0_9_5a-beta2
OpenSSL_0_9_5beta1
OpenSSL_0_9_5beta2
OpenSSL_0_9_6-beta3
OpenSSL_1_1_0
OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre1
OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre2
OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre3
OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre4
OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre5
OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre6
OpenSSL_1_1_0a
OpenSSL_1_1_0b
OpenSSL_1_1_0c
OpenSSL_1_1_0d
OpenSSL_1_1_0e
OpenSSL_1_1_0f
OpenSSL_1_1_0g
OpenSSL_1_1_0h
OpenSSL_1_1_0i
OpenSSL_1_1_0j
OpenSSL_1_1_0k
OpenSSL_1_1_0l
master-post-auto-reformat
master-post-reformat
master-pre-auto-reformat
master-pre-reformat