Out-of-bounds Read in Hp Icewall_federation_agent
CVE-2016-6306
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.089 (92.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Hp Icewall_federation_agent — versions 3.0
- Hp Icewall_mcrp — versions 3.0
- Hp Icewall_sso — versions 10.0
- Hp Icewall_sso_agent_option — versions 10.0
- Nodejs Node.js
- Novell Suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_web_scripting — versions 12.0
- Openssl — versions 1.0.1, 1.0.1a, 1.0.1b
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
- RHSA-2018:2185 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- RHSA-2018:2186 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- 93153 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- RHSA-2016:1940 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- GLSA-201612-16 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
- 1036885 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6306?
- CVE-2016-6306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hp Icewall_federation_agent, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-09-26.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6306?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-6306 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.