ALPINE-CVE-2016-2179

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CVE-2016-2179
Published: 16 Sept 2016, 05:59
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:01

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Sept 2016, 05:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:01
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not properly restrict the lifetime of queue entries associated with unused out-of-order messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by maintaining many crafted DTLS sessions simultaneously, related to d1_lib.c, statem_dtls.c, statem_lib.c, and statem_srvr.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•openssl

    < 1.0.2h-r3 | < 1.0.2h-r3 | < 1.0.2h-r3 | < 1.0.2h-r3 | < 1.0.2h-r3 | < 1.0.2h-r3 | < 1.0.2h-r3

References (1)