CVE-2016-8610: debian debian_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8610 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 39.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 40% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 17Timeline
- 13-11-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
39.66%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 39.66% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Netapp17 products
- clustered_data_ontapna
- clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connectorna
- cn1610_firmwarena
- data_ontapna
- data_ontap_edgena
Oracle12 products
- adaptive_access_manager11.1.2.3.0
- application_testing_suite13.3.0.1
- communications_analytics12.1.1
- communications_ip_service_activator7.3.4 | 7.4.0
- core_rdbms11.2.0.4 | 12.1.0.2 | 12.2.0.1 | 18c | 19c
Redhat7 products
- enterprise_linux_desktop6.0 | 7.0
- enterprise_linux_server6.0 | 7.0
- enterprise_linux_server_aus7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6
- enterprise_linux_server_eus7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6
- enterprise_linux_server_tus7.3 | 7.6
Fujitsu6 products
- m10-1_firmware< xcp2361 | ≥ xcp3000, < xcp3070
- m10-4_firmware< xcp2361 | ≥ xcp3000, < xcp3070
- m10-4s_firmware< xcp2361 | ≥ xcp3000, < xcp3070
- m12-1_firmware< xcp2361 | ≥ xcp3000, < xcp3070
- m12-2_firmware< xcp2361 | ≥ xcp3000, < xcp3070
Ubuntu3 products
- gnutls26< 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.7
- gnutls28< 3.4.10-4ubuntu1.2
- openssl< 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.22 | < 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.6
Debian2 products
- openssl< 1.0.2j-1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0
Openssl1 product
- opensslEOLAll 0.9.8 | All 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h | ≥ 1.0.2, ≤ 1.0.2h | 0.9.8 | 1.0.1 | 1.1.0
Paloaltonetworks1 product
- pan-os≤ 6.1.17 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.15 | ≥ 7.1.0, ≤ 7.1.10
Suse1 product
- compat-openssl097g&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 0.9.7g-146.22.51.8.1
9 vendors · 50 products
References
40 links- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.ascVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FREEBSDThird Party Advisory
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- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.htmlX Refsource MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlX Refsource MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8610X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401X Refsource CONFIRMBroken Link
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03897en_usX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory