vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-0fcd3af0-a0fe-11e6-b1cf-14dae9d210b8 (CVE-2016-8610): FreeBSD -- OpenSSL Remote DoS vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 2, 2016 | Nov 14, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 2, 2016
Added
Nov 14, 2016
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Problem Description: Due to improper handling of alert packets, OpenSSL would consume an excessive amount of CPU time processing undefined alert messages. Impact: A remote attacker who can initiate handshakes with an OpenSSL based server can cause the server to consume a lot of computation power with very little bandwidth usage, and may be able to use this technique in a leveraged Denial of Service attack.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-base-10_3-release-p12freebsd-upgrade-base-10_2-release-p25freebsd-upgrade-base-10_1-release-p42freebsd-upgrade-base-9_3-release-p50freebsd-upgrade-package-opensslfreebsd-upgrade-package-openssl-develfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c6-opensslfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c7-openssl-libs
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