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CVE-2016-6304

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 63.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

Multiple memory leaks in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u, 1.0.2 before 1.0.2i, and 1.1.0 before 1.1.0a allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large OCSP Status Request extensions.

Affected products

• Node.js: from 0.10.0 before 0.10.47; from 0.12.0 before 0.12.16; from 4.0.0 before 4.6.0; from 6.0.0 before 6.7.0 — fixed in 0.10.47, 0.12.16, 4.6.0, 6.7.0
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Web Scripting: 12.0
• OpenSSL: 1.0.2, 1.0.2-beta1, 1.0.2-beta2, 1.0.2-beta3, 1.0.2a, 1.0.2b (+30)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 0.10.47, 0.12.16, 4.6.0, 6.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00023.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00024.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00012.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00029.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-11/msg00021.html

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