CVE-2016-0705

Description

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.

9.8

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 21.99% Top 5%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178358.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05131085	third party advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html	third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178817.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=146108058503441&w=2	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html	patch vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017	third party advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05301946	third party advisory
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6c88c71b4e4825c7bc0489306d062d017634eb88
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00053.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00010.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917	third party advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:12.openssl.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00003.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888	third party advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05135617	third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145889460330120&w=2	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145983526810210&w=2	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380	third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2914-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150736	third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00038.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00019.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40168	third party advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05126404	third party advisory
http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt	vendor advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-openssl	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05086877	third party advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722	third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00004.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05176716	third party advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05141441	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3500	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03741en_us	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00007.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160301.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787	vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00001.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-15	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05068681	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00006.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035133	vdb entry third party advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150800	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00002.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00009.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00005.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05052990	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83754	vdb entry third party advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759	third party advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-0705?: CVE-2016-0705 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-0705?: To fix CVE-2016-0705, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-0705 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2016-0705 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.