CVE-2016-6302

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The tls_decrypt_ticket function in ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.1.0 does not consider the HMAC size during validation of the ticket length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a ticket that is too short.

Affected products

OpenSSL: 1.0.1, 1.0.1a, 1.0.1b, 1.0.1c, 1.0.1d, 1.0.1e (+24)
Oracle Corporation Oracle Linux: 6, 7
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10, 11.3

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92628

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