CVE-2016-8610

7.5 HIGH
Published: November 13, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0286.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1659.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/224
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93841
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037084
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1658
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2493
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2494
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8610
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
https://security.360.cn/cve/CVE-2016-8610/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.asc
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0001/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-8610
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03897en_us
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0286.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1659.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/224
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93841
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037084
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1658
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2493
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2494
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8610
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://security.360.cn/cve/CVE-2016-8610/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0001/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-8610
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03897en_us
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

56 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
71.4%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400 CWE-400

Affected Vendors

paloaltonetworks oracle debian redhat netapp fujitsu openssl

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