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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2842
The doapr_outch function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not verify that a certain memory allocati...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The doapr_outch function in crypto/bio/b_print.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g does not verify that a certain memory allocation succeeds, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string, as demonstrated by a large amount of ASN.1 data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0799.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.2g-1"}]}]
Debian:13
openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.2g-1"}]}]
Debian:14
openssl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.2g-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org