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CVE-2016-0798 in the critical feed json

Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to c…

published 2016-03-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0809

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.4%
EPSS 24.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Memory leak in the SRP_VBASE_get_by_user implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1s and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by providing an invalid username in a connection attempt, related to apps/s_server.c and crypto/srp/srp_vfy.c.

Patch / fix

  • openssl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.2g-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0798

  • openssl Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.18
  • openssl Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.2g-1ubuntu2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0798

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openssl SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 1.0.1i-44.1
  • openssl SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 1.0.1i-27.13.1
  • openssl1 SLES 11-SECURITY 1.0.1g-0.40.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0620-1SUSE-SU-2016:0617-1SUSE-SU-2016:0621-1

  • openssl-1_1 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.1.1l-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-0798 updated cvss 4.3

OpenSSL: Avoid memory leak in SRP

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssl, openssl097a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssl, openssl098e, openssl-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openssl, openssl098e, openssl-libs, openssl-perl Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 rhev-hypervisor Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 openssl Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3 openssl
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-22-349-21 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices

  • Siemens SCALANCE X204RNA (HSR) (6GK5204-0BA00-2MB2) <V3.2.7 Siemens SCALANCE X204RNA (PRP) (6GK5204-0BA00-2KB2) <V3.2.7 Siemens SCALANCE X204RNA EEC (HSR) (6GK5204-0BS00-2NA3) <V3.2.7 Siemens SCALANCE X204RNA EEC (PRP) (6GK5204-0BS00-3LA3) <V3.2.7 Siemens SCALANCE X204RNA EEC (PRP/HSR) (6GK5204-0BS00-3PA3) <V3.2.7
    affected: fixed in V3.2.7, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

24.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
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References

Sources

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