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CVE-2016-0705

Published: 22 February 2016

Double free vulnerability in the dsa_priv_decode function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA private key.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
openssl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (1.0.1-4ubuntu5.35)
trusty
Released (1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18)
upstream Needed

wily
Released (1.0.2d-0ubuntu1.4)
xenial
Released (1.0.2g-1ubuntu2)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=6c88c71b4e4825c7bc0489306d062d017634eb88
upstream: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=ccb2a614074ee15c0fbbb9dd49e3cd258d68380a
openssl098
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Needed

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H