CVE-2016-8610 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-8610 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 13/11/2017 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: redhat | Vendor: OpenSSL | Product: OpenSSL
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-8610 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-400
CWE Name: CWE-400
Source: OpenSSL

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).