SB2016091930 - Solaris vulnerabilities in openssl (Alpine package) 



SB2016091930 - Solaris vulnerabilities in openssl (Alpine package)

Published: September 19, 2016 Updated: March 6, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2016091930
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2179)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in the Datagram TLS (DTLS) implementation. A remote attacker can initiate and maintain multiple crafted DTLS sessions simultaneously and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.