ALPINE-CVE-2016-6302

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CVE-2016-6302
Published: 16 Sept 2016, 05:59
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:02

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, 06:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The tls_decrypt_ticket function in ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not consider the HMAC size during validation of the ticket length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a ticket that is too short.

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)