7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-6302
OpenSSL TLS Ticket HMAC Validation Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 16, 2016, 5:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:33 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-6302 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6302 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle linux
2 Oracle solaris
1 Openssl openssl
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-6302.

URL Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 Third Party Advisory
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 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92628 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036885
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV Third Party Advisory
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2185
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2186
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2187
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312 Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.asc
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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auditt7708/rhsecapi

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RClueX/Hackerone-Reports

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A sensible no bullshit repo of summaries of reports on hackerone, bugcrowd and alike, that makes straight up sense and make it easy to repeat and automate. This is supposed to serve as my personal reference, but should be a good public index reference for like minded.

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imhunterand/hackerone-publicy-disclosed

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RedHatProductSecurity/cve-pylib

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tomwillfixit/alpine-cvecheck

Code used to CVE check Alpine based images

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RedHatOfficial/rhsecapi

Tools that utilize the Red Hat Security Data API

Python

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-6302 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6302 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#y2017 [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Dec. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2187 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2186 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2185 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1940.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 21, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:26.openssl.asc [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036885 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9 Issue Tracking, Patch https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 No Types Assigned https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92628 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92628 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html Third Party Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 No Types Assigned http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 No Types Assigned http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE No Types Assigned http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV No Types Assigned http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312 No Types Assigned https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html Third Party Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 No Types Assigned https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#y2017 [Vendor Advisory]
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1j:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1l:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1m:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1n:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1o:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1p:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1q:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1r:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.1t:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-16 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA40312 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa132 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10759 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92628 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2h:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9 No Types Assigned https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=e97763c92c655dcf4af2860b3abd2bc4c8a267f9 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6302 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6302 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

29.33 }} -1.39%

score

0.96938

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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