BSA-2017-281
21367
15 January 2019
17 May 2017
Closed
Medium
9.8
N/A
CVE-2016-2842
Summary
Security Advisory ID : BSA-2017-281
Component : OpenSSL
Revision : 3.0: Final
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.
Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable
No Brocade Fibre Channel technology products from Broadcom are currently known to be affected by this vulnerability.
Revision History
| Version | Change | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Initial Publication | May 17, 2017 |
| 2.0 | Update Fabric OS Status | May 22, 2017 |
| 3.0 | Updated for Fibre Channel Only | Jan 15, 2019 |