ubuntu · CVE-2016-6302

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Priority: low Published: 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:07:48 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-6302 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openssl, openssl098), 20 status rows across 10 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 10, DNE 8, ignored 1, needs-triage 1.

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.

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