CVE-2016-2179
HIGH7.5EPSS 18.1%Published: 9/16/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.2h-r3
- Debian/opensslfrom 0, < 1.0.2i-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |