CVE-2016-6306
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.9%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6306
To remediate CVE-2016-6306, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openssl—upgrade to 1.0.2i-r0 or later
- Debian/openssl—upgrade to 1.0.2i-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6306 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.9%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.2i-r0
- from 0, < 1.0.2i-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |