CVE-2016-0799
Find out more about CVE-2016-0799 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
The original issue fixed by OpenSSL upstream contains two distinct fixes. The first one is a format string flaw in the internal fmtstr functions, which may result in a OOB read flaw when printing very large string. This issue was assigned CVE-2016-0799
The second issue relates to the internal doapr_outch function of OpenSSL. It can result in an OOB write, or cause memory leaks. This issue has been assigned CVE-2016-2842 by MITRE as is now tracked as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2842
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Core Services 1 | RHSA-2016:2957 | 2016-12-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0722 | 2016-05-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.7 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:2073 | 2016-10-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (openssl) | RHSA-2016:0996 | 2016-05-10 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | openssl | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openssl098e | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssl097a | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | rhev-hypervisor | Will not fix |