CVE-2016-0798 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by providing an invalid username during connection attempts in OpenSSL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-0798?
CVE-2016-0798 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openssl Openssl, published on 3 Mar 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0798?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openssl Openssl.
How do I fix CVE-2016-0798?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-0798 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0798 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openssl Openssl
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0798, GHSA-8wvj-cwfq-pc44, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0798.