CVE-2016-3099

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-327

Description

mod_ns in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 allows remote attackers to force the use of ciphers that were not intended to be enabled.

Affected products

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183102.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183129.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184345.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2602.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319052
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183102.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183129.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184345.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2602.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319052

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