Numeric Errors
CVE-2016-2181
Summary
The Anti-Replay feature in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 1.0.1u and 1.0.2 through 1.0.2i mishandles early use of a new epoch number in conjunction with a large sequence number, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (false-positive packet drops) via spoofed DTLS records, related to rec_layer_d1.c and ssl3_record.c.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- NONE
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-189 - Numeric Errors
Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published